O'Rielly Asks American Samoa for Response on 911 Fee Diversion
FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly asked American Samoa Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga why the territory failed to respond to requests for information on whether it used 911 fees collected from consumers as intended. O'Rielly's letter Monday said American Samoa was the…
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only state or territory not to respond to the latest FCC request for information (see 1912190077). "Given that American Samoa has responded to requests in the preceding four years, it is disappointing that we did not receive any responses to our 2019 request," he said. He noted a 2018 filing indicated American Samoa doesn't collect 911 fees from consumers, and "unless this has changed, filing this information with the Commission should not be a difficult or time-consuming process." The governor's office didn't comment. "We will be submitting our report on this matter" to the governor, emailed CEO Lewis Wolman of American Samoa Telecommunications Authority, one of the territory's two service providers.