Don't Let GAO Lifeline Report Become 'Fodder,' NHMC Warns
Last week’s GAO report on the Lifeline program shouldn't be “fodder for program detractors, who have already been so active in demonizing its recipients,” said National Hispanic Media Coalition General Counsel Jessica Gonzalez in a statement Friday. GAO urged the…
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FCC to better evaluate Lifeline (see 1504230044), prompting statements of concern from Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., and FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly. “It is silly for program detractors to imply that, in order to evaluate the program, the FCC should put on hold current efforts to evaluate the program through a potential" NPRM process, Gonzalez said. “Thorough program evaluation is baked into that process and, if the Commission is currently considering opening a new proceeding, it should do so without delay. Those who seek to delay the FCC process are spitting in the faces of millions of Americans who today lack broadband access because it is too expensive.” Detractors add to the digital divide, she said.