FCC Accused of Doing Poor Job on E-Rate
An AP newswire article by Jennifer C. Kerr, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
Lax oversight by federal regulators has helped waste millions of dollars in a government program that helps connect schools and libraries to the Internet, according to a congressional investigation.
The E-Rate program, which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission, provides discounted Internet access and connection equipment to help expand Internet availability, especially in rural and low-income areas.
But the $2.25 billion program "is extremely vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse, is poorly managed by the FCC, and completely lacks tangible measures of either effectiveness or impact," said a report by the oversight subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
posted by Fergie @ 10/18/2005 10:35:00 AM
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