By Michael Dover (Los Angeles)
A key aspect of the FCC’s ACP Transparency Data Collection rules may
be in doubt if the FCC takes up a recent petition for reconsideration.
In its Fourth Report and Order and FNPRM, the FCC adopted an
aggregate-level approach for collecting ACP subscriber pricing and
plan information, finding that ACP providers should submit ACP
subscriber data grouped by each unique plan for a given geographic
area (such as by state) rather than submitting that data through
National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD) at the time of
enrollment. Relying on provider comments discussing the administrative
burdens of subscriber-level data collections, the FCC reasoned that
“the subscriber-level approach as proposed by the Commission may
conflict with the statutory requirement to stand up an annual
collection and may be too administratively burdensome for subscribers
and providers, particularly with respect to obtaining subscriber
consent to the collection of additional subscriber-specific data and
in light of privacy concerns.”
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