State Members of Joint Conference Provide Lifeline Survey Information

Gregg Sayre, on behalf of the state members of the Federal State Joint Conference on Advanced Services, filed a letter on December 22, 2015, providing information from a survey on state Lifeline programs conducted by state members of the Joint Conference. They said the survey results indicated at least 21 states have some sort of verification program to confirm consumer eligibility for participation in the Lifeline program. The state members also asserted that the Federal Communications Commission’s announcement that it is creating databases was likely an incentive for some states to defer action on plans to deploy state-specific databases.