Lifeline Provider Adviser Presses FCC on National Verifier APIs, 60-Day Port Freeze
Application programming interfaces and a reinstituted FCC port freeze would improve the process for Universal Service Administrative Co.'s Lifeline national verifier of consumer eligibility, said Judson Hill, adviser to TrueConnect and Sage Telecom Communications and a Republican ex-state senator from…
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Georgia, on meetings with Commissioner Mike O'Rielly and an aide, and aides to Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Brendan Carr. The NV roll-out "has many challenges" that "will be expensive" and "may very likely contribute to increased waste, fraud and abuse," filed Hill, posted Monday in docket 17-287. He said databases "are difficult to access," sometimes "unreliable" and require "multiple steps necessitating engaging a sales representative." He said USAC's recent requirement that potential customers "must show proof of the issuance or expiration dates of their government benefits" is impractical because most cards don't include dates. The "real solution lies in re-establishing a port freeze" and using APIs similar to proven technologies used by other federal programs that "provide a very efficient way to exchange information between companies, individuals and the government," he wrote, seeking a 60-day freeze. Pai, O'Rielly and Carr spokespersons didn't comment Tuesday.