{"description":"Documents matching 'lifeline accessing databases verifier state'","count":248,"total_pages":13,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=lifeline+accessing+databases+verifier+state&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers; Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support; Affordable Connectivity Program; Emergency Broadband Benefit Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to ensure that Lifeline services are used to benefit and support eligible low-income Americans, that the program's funding is protected from waste, fraud, and abuse, and that service providers are in compliance with Commission rules. The Commission also seeks to update and streamline Lifeline and related rules.","document_number":"2026-06531","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06531/lifeline-and-link-up-reform-and-modernization-bridging-the-digital-divide-for-low-income-consumers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06531.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06531.pdf?1775133915","publication_date":"2026-04-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"receiving duplicative <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> support, it allowed states to opt out of using the NLAD if they had their own systems to check for duplicative <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> support that were at least as robust as the NLAD and covered all ETCs operating in the <span class=\"match\">state</span> and their subscribers. After the launch of the National <span class=\"match\">Verifier</span>, WCB elected to allow the National <span class=\"match\">Verifier</span> to rely on <span class=\"match\">state</span> processes to facilitate eligibility determinations in NLAD opt-out states. Although the National <span class=\"match\">Verifier</span> has been deployed in all states and territories, in <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> it operates differently"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC, Commission, or Agency) is modifying an existing system of records, FCC/WCB-1, Lifeline Program, subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the agency. The Lifeline Program (or \"Lifeline\") provides discounts for one Lifeline Program voice service per household and/or broadband internet access service (BIAS) to qualifying low-income individuals. Individuals may qualify for Lifeline through proof of income or participation in another qualifying program. Since the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act), the Lifeline Program has been administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Commission and, by delegation, of the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB). This system of records contains information about individuals who have started an application online or applied to participate in the Lifeline Program, respondents to consumer surveys related to the Lifeline program, and enrollment representatives. The modification adds one new routine use.","document_number":"2026-03741","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03741/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-25/pdf/2026-03741.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03741.pdf?1771940712","publication_date":"2026-02-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> Program on behalf of ETCs in that <span class=\"match\">State</span>; performing other management and oversight duties and responsibilities; enabling the National <span class=\"match\">Verifier</span> to perform eligibility <span class=\"match\">verification</span> for individuals applying for or re-certifying for <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> support; enabling the <span class=\"match\">State</span> to perform eligibility <span class=\"match\">verification</span> for individuals applying for or re-certifying for <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> support; providing enrollment and other selected reports to the <span class=\"match\">State</span>; comparing information contained in the National <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> Accountability <span class=\"match\">Database</span> (NLAD) and <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> eligibility"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission or Agency) is modifying a system of records, FCC/WCB-3, Affordable Connectivity Program, subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the agency. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the successor to the Commission's Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, provides discounts for broadband internet access service (BIAS) to qualifying households. A household may qualify for the ACP if an individual in the household has applied for and has been approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced price lunch program, receives assistance through the special supplemental nutritional program for women, infants, and children (WIC), receives a Pell Grant, qualifies for the Lifeline program, meets certain income requirements, or qualifies for a low-income program offered by internet service providers. The ACP is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Commission and, by delegation, of the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB). This system of records contains information about individual ACP applicants and participants, providers' claims and certifying officers, and providers' enrollment representatives. This modification adds one new routine use.","document_number":"2026-03737","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03737/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-25/pdf/2026-03737.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03737.pdf?1771940711","publication_date":"2026-02-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"representatives who register to <span class=\"match\">access</span> the National <span class=\"match\">Verifier</span> or National <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> Accountability <span class=\"match\">Database</span> the following information may be collected: first and last name, date of birth, the last four digits of his or her social security number, email address, and address, or other identity proof documentation. \n RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: \n Participating providers and their registered enrollment representatives; individuals applying on behalf of a household; schools; <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> <span class=\"match\">databases</span>; and <span class=\"match\">State</span>, Federal, Local and Tribal Government <span class=\"match\">databases</span>; and third-party"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission or Agency) is modifying an existing system of records, FCC/WCB-1, Lifeline Program, subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the agency. The Lifeline Program (or \"Lifeline\") provides discounts for one Lifeline Program voice service per household and/or broadband internet access service (BIAS) to qualifying low- income individuals. Individuals may qualify for Lifeline through proof of income or participation in another qualifying program. Since the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act), the Lifeline Program has been administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Commission and, by delegation, of the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB). This system of records contains information about individuals who have started an application online or applied to participate in the Lifeline Program, respondents to consumer surveys related to the Lifeline program, and enrollment representatives. The modifications described in this notice will allow USAC to maintain and administer this system in a manner that promotes efficiency and minimizes waste, fraud, and abuse.","document_number":"2024-08378","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-08378/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-08378.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08378.pdf?1713444346","publication_date":"2024-04-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> Program on behalf of ETCs in that <span class=\"match\">State</span>; performing other management and oversight duties and responsibilities; enabling the National <span class=\"match\">Verifier</span> to perform eligibility <span class=\"match\">verification</span> for individuals applying for or re-certifying for <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> support; enabling the <span class=\"match\">State</span> to perform eligibility <span class=\"match\">verification</span> for individuals applying for or re-certifying for <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> support; providing enrollment and other selected reports to the <span class=\"match\">State</span>; comparing information contained in the National <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> Accountability <span class=\"match\">Database</span> (NLAD) and <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> eligibility"},{"title":"Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence; Lifeline and Link Up Reform Modernization","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order implementing the Safe Connections Act of 2022 (Safe Connections Act or SCA), taking significant steps to improve access to communications services for survivors of domestic abuse and related crimes. The Report and Order adopts rules to implement the line separation provisions in the Safe Connections Act that allow survivors to separate a mobile phone line from an abuser. To protect the privacy of calls and texts to hotlines, the Report and Order requires covered providers and wireline, fixed wireless, and fixed satellite providers of voice service to: omit from consumer-facing logs of calls and text messages any records of calls or text messages to covered hotlines in the central database established by the Commission; and maintain internal records of calls and text messages excluded from consumer- facing logs of calls and text messages. The Report and Order also designates the Lifeline program to support emergency communications service for survivors that have pursued the line separation process and are experiencing financial hardship.","document_number":"2023-25835","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/05/2023-25835/supporting-survivors-of-domestic-and-sexual-violence-lifeline-and-link-up-reform-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-05/pdf/2023-25835.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25835.pdf?1701697517","publication_date":"2023-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"choose either the ACP or <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span>. We do not believe we have the authority to pursue that option given the SCA's specific direction to designate a “single program.” In addition, in its comments, the National <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> Association (NaLA) also advocated for additional <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> reforms including increasing the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> support amount, acting on pending <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> compliance plans and petitions for Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) designation, eliminating minimum service standards for <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> service, expanding <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> to support consumer devices"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Multifamily Housing, is issuing public notice of its intent to modify system of records for the Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System (TRACS). TRACS supports HUD's multifamily housing rental assistance programs by managing information about rental assistance contracts, tenants and property owners. The system is used to process housing subsidy payments, track contract funding amounts, and ensure that rental assistance payments are calculated and issued accurately. The modification makes clarifying changes to the System Manager and Routine Uses. The updates are explained in the \"Supplementary Section\" of this notice. This notice supersedes the previously published SORN.","document_number":"2026-07999","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/24/2026-07999/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-24/pdf/2026-07999.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07999.pdf?1776948314","publication_date":"2026-04-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"Benefit (EBB) program and other Federal Telecommunications Benefit (FTB) programs that utilizes <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> eligibility criteria as specified by the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> program, 47 CFR 54.409. The purpose of this routine use is to establish eligibility for the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span>, EBB and other FTB programs for families which also participate in a HUD rental assistance program. \n \n (9) To any Federal, <span class=\"match\">State</span>, or local agency (\n e.g., \n <span class=\"match\">State</span> agencies administering the <span class=\"match\">State's</span> unemployment compensation laws, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, or Supplemental Nutrition"},{"title":"Enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider Requirements and Strengthening STIR/SHAKEN (Call Authentication Trust Anchor; Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes steps to strengthen its robocall mitigation framework by enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider (KYUP) requirements, improving oversight of voice service providers by the STIR/SHAKEN Governance Authority, raising caller ID attestation standards, and closing implementation gaps in STIR/SHAKEN implementation. Specifically, the Commission proposes establishing baseline KYUP information-collection, compliance review, verification, monitoring, and responsive-action requirements to ensure providers can identify and cut off bad-actor upstream providers. The Commission also proposes measures to expand the Governance Authority's vetting, enforcement, and reporting responsibilities to prevent misuse of STIR/SHAKEN certificates and to remove noncompliant providers from the authentication ecosystem. The Commission further proposes clarifying and strengthening STIR/SHAKEN attestation rules, including codifying attestation levels, defining improper attestations, and specifying permissible mechanisms for verifying number-to-customer associations. Additionally, the Commission proposes and seeks comment on additional steps to close caller ID authentication gaps, such as refining provider definitions, reconsidering exemptions, requiring providers serving end users to assign STIR/SHAKEN attestations, and ensuring calls maintain authentication information. The Commission also seeks comment on special circumstances, including addressing issues with foreign- originated calls.","document_number":"2026-13874","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/09/2026-13874/enhancing-know-your-upstream-provider-requirements-and-strengthening-stirshaken-call-authentication","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-09/pdf/2026-13874.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13874.pdf?1783514714","publication_date":"2026-07-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"upstream providers' compliance with Commission rules related to the provision of service by:\n \n • Confirming the upstream provider has a filing in the RMD (providers can check the RMD in three ways: (1) searching the <span class=\"match\">database</span> by filer or keyword; (2) downloading a .csv file that lists the filings in the <span class=\"match\">database</span>; or (3) <span class=\"match\">accessing</span> the <span class=\"match\">database</span> using the application program interface (API)) and reviewing the filing (including the robocall mitigation plan) to generally assess whether it is complete and compliant with Commission rules—although we do not propose"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission or Agency) is modifying a system of records, FCC/WCB-3, Affordable Connectivity Program, subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the agency. The Affordable Connectivity Program (\"ACP\"), the successor to the Commission's Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, provides discounts for broadband internet access service (\"BIAS\") to qualifying households. A household may qualify for the ACP if an individual in the household has applied for and has been approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced price lunch program, receives assistance through the special supplemental nutritional program for women, infants, and children (\"WIC\"), receives a Pell Grant, qualifies for the Lifeline program, meets certain income requirements, or qualifies for a low-income program offered by internet service providers. The ACP is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Commission and, by delegation, of the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB). This system of records contains information about individual ACP applicants and participants, providers' claims and certifying officers, and providers' enrollment representatives.","document_number":"2024-08375","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-08375/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-08375.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08375.pdf?1713444346","publication_date":"2024-04-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"who register to <span class=\"match\">access</span> the National <span class=\"match\">Verifier</span> or National <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> Accountability <span class=\"match\">Database</span> the following information may be collected: first and last name, date of birth, the last four digits of his or her social security number, email address, and address, or other identity proof documentation. \n RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: \n \n Participating providers and their registered enrollment representatives; individuals applying on behalf of a household; schools; <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> <span class=\"match\">databases</span>; and <span class=\"match\">State</span>, Federal, Local and Tribal \n \n Government <span class=\"match\">databases</span>; and third-party"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC, Commission, or Agency) proposes to modify a system of records, FCC/WCB-6, USAC Customer Relationship Management (CRM), subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the Agency. The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), under the direction of the Commission and, by delegation, of the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), administers the Universal Service Fund (USF) programs and certain programs funded by Congressional appropriations (appropriated programs). This system of records contains information about individuals who are customers, participants, and stakeholders of the programs who submit complaints and requests for assistance to USAC to address issues with their program participation. The modifications include the addition of one new routine use.","document_number":"2026-03740","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03740/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-25/pdf/2026-03740.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03740.pdf?1771940711","publication_date":"2026-02-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"recipient of, Federal funds, including funds disbursed by a <span class=\"match\">state</span> (meaning a <span class=\"match\">state</span> of the United States, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, or a federally recognized Indian tribe) in a <span class=\"match\">state</span>-administered, federally funded program. \n \n 15. Prevention of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Disclosure—Records may be disclosed to Federal agencies, or to an \n \n instrumentality of any governmental jurisdiction within or under the control of the United States (including any <span class=\"match\">State</span>, Tribal, or local governmental agency), and their employees"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Multifamily Housing, is modifying system of records for the Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System (TRACS). The modification makes clarifying changes to the authority for maintenance of the system, routine uses, policies and practices for retention and disposal of records. The updates are explained in the \"Supplementary Section\" of this notice. This notice supersedes the previously published SORN.","document_number":"2024-27420","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/22/2024-27420/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-22/pdf/2024-27420.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27420.pdf?1732196730","publication_date":"2024-11-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"(<span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span>), the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program and other Federal Telecommunications Benefit (FTB) programs that utilizes <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> eligibility criteria as specified by the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> program, 47 CFR 54.409. The purpose of this routine use is to establish eligibility for the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span>, EBB and other FTB programs for families which also participate in a HUD rental assistance program. \n \n (9) To any Federal, <span class=\"match\">State</span>, or local agency (\n e.g., \n <span class=\"match\">State</span> agencies administering the <span class=\"match\">State's</span> unemployment compensation laws, Temporary Assistance to Needy"},{"title":"Modernizing Suspension and Debarment Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts the Office of Management and Budget's Guidance for Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension, along with agency-specific regulations to allow the agency to further combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and remove bad actors from participation in its support programs. The Commission finds further notice and comment \"unnecessary\" under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) for the Commission to adopt the Guidelines (including updates made after the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding), but elect to provide an opportunity for input on that assessment as to three of the Guidelines. A Proposed Rule relating to the Commission's adoption of updated suspension and debarment rules is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.","document_number":"2026-06864","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06864/modernizing-suspension-and-debarment-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-09/pdf/2026-06864.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06864.pdf?1775652316","publication_date":"2026-04-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"note that the Commission certifies a <span class=\"match\">state</span> TRS program for each <span class=\"match\">state</span>, and each <span class=\"match\">state</span> program manages TTY-to-voice TRS, Speech-to-Speech Relay Service, and analog Captioned Telephone Service within the <span class=\"match\">state</span>. Generally, each <span class=\"match\">state</span> program contracts with one provider to offer service within the <span class=\"match\">state</span>, although states have the option to contract with different providers for the different forms of TRS, and states also have the option to contract with multiple providers of the same service or services. Because <span class=\"match\">state</span> programs are subject to the Commission's"},{"title":"Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence, Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, Affordable Connectivity Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) begins the process of implementing the Safe Connections Act, taking significant steps to improve access to communications services for survivors of domestic abuse and related crimes. We seek comment on the implementation of the Safe Connections Act's statutory requirement that mobile service providers separate the line of a survivor of domestic violence (and other related crimes and abuse), and any individuals in the care of the survivor, from a mobile service contract shared with an abuser within two business days after receiving a request from the survivor. We also seek comment on a proposal to require service providers to omit from consumer-facing logs of calls and text messages any records of calls or text messages to hotlines listed in a central database of hotlines that the Commission would create. We also seek comment on whether to designate the Lifeline program or the Affordable Connectivity Program as a means for providing survivors suffering financial hardship with emergency communications support for up to six months, as required by the Safe Connections Act.","document_number":"2023-04489","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/13/2023-04489/supporting-survivors-of-domestic-and-sexual-violence-lifeline-and-link-up-reform-and-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-03-13/pdf/2023-04489.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-04489.pdf?1678455917","publication_date":"2023-03-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"operating the central <span class=\"match\">database</span>, but also for initially populating the central <span class=\"match\">database</span>? We expect it would be more efficient to have a single entity populate the <span class=\"match\">database</span> initially and also take responsibility for updating the entries in the <span class=\"match\">database</span> periodically. If the <span class=\"match\">database</span> administrator will not be responsible for initially populating the <span class=\"match\">database</span>, how should the Commission establish and populate the system? How should the initial set of covered hotlines be identified and information about them collected for the central <span class=\"match\">database</span>? Would it be necessary"},{"title":"Ensuring the Reliability and Resiliency of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes rules designed to ensure that the Commission and those parties that provide life-saving crisis intervention services to people calling the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (988 Lifeline), which includes the Veterans Crisis Lifeline, receive timely and actionable information about 988 service outages that potentially affect those services' ability to meet the immediate health needs of people in suicidal crisis and mental health distress. These proposed rules respond to the 988 Lifeline nationwide network outage in December 2022, which required the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to redirect callers to alternatives means to contact the hotline once it was made aware of the outage.","document_number":"2023-06712","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/07/2023-06712/ensuring-the-reliability-and-resiliency-of-the-988-suicide-and-crisis-lifeline-rules-concerning","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-04-07/pdf/2023-06712.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-06712.pdf?1680785116","publication_date":"2023-04-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"when <span class=\"match\">access</span> to the 988 <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> is compromised or the 988 <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> system experiences an outage. To improve the resiliency of the 988 <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> system and ensure the Commission, the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Veteran's Administration (VA), and the 988 <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> administrator have timely outage information so they can provide the public with alternative ways to <span class=\"match\">access</span> the 988 <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span>, the document proposes to require providers that provide the 988 <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> with capabilities"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises standards relating to denial of coverage for failure to pay past-due premium; excludes Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of \"lawfully present;\" establishes the evidentiary standard HHS uses to assess an agent's, broker's, or web-broker's potential noncompliance; revises the Exchange automatic reenrollment hierarchy; revises standards related to the annual open enrollment period and special enrollment periods; revises standards relating to failure to file and reconcile, income eligibility verifications for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions, annual eligibility redeterminations, de minimis thresholds for the actuarial value for plans subject to essential health benefits (EHB) requirements, and income-based cost-sharing reduction plan variations. This final rule also revises the premium adjustment percentage methodology and prohibits issuers of coverage subject to EHB requirements from providing coverage for specified sex-trait modification procedures as an EHB.","document_number":"2025-11606","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11606/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-marketplace-integrity-and-affordability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11606.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11606.pdf?1750709712","publication_date":"2025-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"that <span class=\"match\">State</span> Exchanges be excluded from this proposal because <span class=\"match\">State</span> Exchanges are less likely to have fraudulent and improper enrollment compared to Exchanges on the Federal platform and because they believe States are best positioned to evaluate whether updates to the redetermination process are necessary for their Exchange. Many of these commenters <span class=\"match\">stated</span> that <span class=\"match\">State</span> Exchanges have sufficient <span class=\"match\">verification</span> safeguards in place due to <span class=\"match\">State</span>-specific data for eligibility <span class=\"match\">verification</span> and closer oversight, and a few commenters <span class=\"match\">stated</span> that <span class=\"match\">State</span> Exchanges"},{"title":"Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Spring 2025","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5 U.S.C 601- 612) the Federal Communications Commission is required to publish a regulatory flexibility agenda twice-yearly in the Federal Register describing any regulatory proceedings under development or review which are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 5 U.S.C. 602. In addition, Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review (Sep. 30, 1993), requires each agency to publish, twice yearly, a regulatory agenda (Agenda) of regulations under development or review during the next year which will be included in the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993). The Agenda required by Executive Order 12866 must include all regulations the agency expects to develop or review during the next 12 months, regardless of whether they may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. E.O. 12866 provides that agencies may combine this agenda with the regulatory flexibility agenda required under the RFA. To help keep the public informed of significant rulemaking proceedings and meet its obligations under the RFA and E.O. 12866, the Commission has prepared Agenda entries providing a brief description and summary of each regulatory activity that is currently planned for the 12 months, subject to revision, including the objectives and legal basis for each, and the name and telephone number of an agency official who is knowledgeable about items in the agenda. The Commission's Agenda entries published in the Federal Register are only those entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities pursuant to the RFA. The Commission's complete list of regulatory and deregulatory actions for the Unified Agenda will be published on the internet in a searchable format at www.reginfo.gov.","document_number":"2025-18318","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/22/2025-18318/unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-spring-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-22/pdf/2025-18318.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18318.pdf?1758285917","publication_date":"2025-09-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Proposed Rulemaking surrounding the 988 Suicide and Crisis <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> (988 <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span>), a national network of more than 200 crisis centers that helps thousands of people overcome crisis situations every day. There was a nationwide outage in December 2022 that affected <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> for several hours, rendering the vital service inaccessible to voice callers. This Notice proposed rules designed to ensure the Commission and life-saving crisis intervention service providing parties are able to <span class=\"match\">access</span> 988 <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> and receive timely and actionable information about"},{"title":"Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule finalizes changes proposed October 3, 2019, by the Department to revise Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) regulations for calculating standard utility allowances (SUAs) and expand allowable shelter expenses to include basic internet costs. It requires State agencies to submit for FNS approval their SUA methodologies at least every five years, and methodology submissions must incorporate any revisions necessary to demonstrate that the baseline expenditure data and underlying methodology reflect recent trends and changes. This rule also provides State agencies with the flexibility necessary to ensure that they meet households' needs while also aligning SUAs with data on low-income household utility costs in a more consistent manner. This rule also finalizes updates proposed April 20, 2016, regarding the treatment of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or other similar energy assistance program payments, in accordance with amendments made to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 by the Agricultural Act of 2014. The intent of this final rule is to ensure consistency and integrity of SUAs across the country, which the Department believes is good governance.","document_number":"2024-26845","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/18/2024-26845/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-standardization-of-state-heating-and-cooling-standard","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-18/pdf/2024-26845.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26845.pdf?1731678345","publication_date":"2024-11-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"standardizing <span class=\"match\">State</span> SUAs in a 2017 study, “Methods to Standardize <span class=\"match\">State</span> Standard Utility Allowances” (Holleyman, et al., 2017) (2017 SUA Study).\n 6 \n \n The 2017 SUA Study evaluated <span class=\"match\">State</span> agency methodologies and reviewed available utility cost data sources. The study found that most of the methodologies <span class=\"match\">State</span> agencies employ fall into one of two categories: (1) those that rely on recent <span class=\"match\">State</span>-specific utility data; and (2) those that adjust a base number using an inflation measure such as the CPI of utility costs. Of the 19 <span class=\"match\">State</span> agencies that update"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission or Agency) proposes to modify a system of records, FCC/WCB-6, USAC Customer Relationship Management (CRM), subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the Agency. The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), under the direction of the Commission and, by delegation, of the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), administers the Universal Service Fund (USF) programs and certain programs funded by Congressional appropriations (appropriated programs). This system of records contains information about individuals who are customers, participants, and stakeholders of the programs who submit complaints and requests for assistance to USAC to address issues with their program participation.","document_number":"2024-08376","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-08376/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-08376.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08376.pdf?1713444346","publication_date":"2024-04-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"appropriated programs, run call center and email support operations, assist in dispute resolution, and develop, test, and operate the <span class=\"match\">database</span> system and network. \n 4. Service Providers—To service providers, and their registered representatives, only such information that may be required to help resolve a consumer complaint or dispute. \n 5. <span class=\"match\">State</span>, Tribal, or Local Governmental Agencies and Other Authorized Governmental Entities—To <span class=\"match\">State</span>, Tribal, or local government agencies and other authorized governmental entities, including public utility commissions, only"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) proposes rules that would help ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with Internet Protocol (IP)-based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. When the Commission first adopted 911 reliability rules in 2013, the transition to NG911 was in its very early stages. Since then, many state and local 911 Authorities have made significant progress in deploying NG911 capabilities in their jurisdictions. This Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) is the next step in fulfilling the Commission's commitment to facilitate the NG911 transition and to ensure that the transition does not inadvertently create vulnerabilities in the nation's critical public safety networks. The FNPRM proposes to update the definition of \"covered 911 service provider\" in the Commission's existing 911 reliability rules to ensure that the rules apply to service providers that control or operate critical pathways and components in NG911 networks. It also proposes to update the reliability standards for providers of critical NG911 functions to ensure the reliable delivery of 911 traffic to NG911 delivery points, and proposes to establish NG911 interoperability requirements for interstate transfer of 911 traffic between Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInets). In addition, the FNPRM proposes to modify the certification and oversight mechanisms in the current 911 reliability rules to improve reliability and interoperability in NG911 systems while minimizing burdens on service providers, and proposes to empower state and local 911 Authorities to obtain reliability and interoperability certifications directly from covered 911 service providers.","document_number":"2025-09279","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/04/2025-09279/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-04/pdf/2025-09279.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09279.pdf?1748954707","publication_date":"2025-06-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"oversight responsibilities with respect to reliable 911 service delivery at the <span class=\"match\">state</span> level. <span class=\"match\">Access</span> to such information by <span class=\"match\">state</span> officials would greatly assist in understanding and tracking marketplace developments affecting 911 service delivery within the scope of their jurisdictions. <span class=\"match\">State</span> <span class=\"match\">access</span> could also greatly assist officials during times of emergency, like the April 2014 multi-<span class=\"match\">state</span> outage, in understanding and interacting with such entities as events unfold. The UTC urges the Commission to modify the certification and reporting requirements of"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"Under the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) is modifying system of records notice, the Inventory Management System (IMS), also known as the Public and Indian Housing Information Center (IMS/PIC), to amend and replace the current system of records with one that encompasses both the IMS/PIC and the Housing Information Portal (HIP) system, add three new routine uses and a new collection authority. The updates are explained in the \"Supplementary Section\" of this notice. The system name is changing from IMS/PIC to IMS/PIC-HIP because HUD is adding functionality from HIP to the IMS/PIC system. The existing scope, objectives, business processes, and uses being made of the data by HUD remains unchanged.","document_number":"2024-00186","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/09/2024-00186/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-09/pdf/2024-00186.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-00186.pdf?1704721517","publication_date":"2024-01-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"Fund (USF or Fund) <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> Program (<span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span>), the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program and other Federal Telecommunications Benefit (FTB) programs that utilizes <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> eligibility criteria as specified by the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span> program, \n 47 CFR 54.409 \n . The purpose of this routine use is to establish eligibility for the <span class=\"match\">Lifeline</span>, EBB and other FTB programs for families which also participate in a HUD rental assistance program.\n \n \n 15. To any Federal, <span class=\"match\">State</span>, or local agency (\n e.g., \n <span class=\"match\">State</span> agencies administering the <span class=\"match\">State's</span> unemployment compensation"},{"title":"Review of the Commission's Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2025","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts its regulatory fee schedule to assess and collect regulatory fees for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY 25).","document_number":"2025-17218","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/08/2025-17218/review-of-the-commissions-assessment-and-collection-of-regulatory-fees-for-fiscal-year-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-08/pdf/2025-17218.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17218.pdf?1757076324","publication_date":"2025-09-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Entities that Provide <span class=\"match\">Database</span> Services to Unlicensed Spectrum Users \n . The Commission is equally unpersuaded to adopt a regulatory fee category for entities that provide <span class=\"match\">database</span> services to unlicensed spectrum users. Telesat proposes that the Commission adopt a new fee category for entities that provide <span class=\"match\">database</span> services to unlicensed spectrum users, claiming that such fees would be consistent with those the Commission assesses for Responsible Organizations (RespOrgs) that administer the Toll Free Numbers (TFN) <span class=\"match\">database</span>.\n \n \n Notably, this is"}]}