Open Recommendations from FCC OIG Investigations

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Date Issued

Monday, March 31, 2025

Submitting OIG

Federal Communications Commission OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Federal Communications Commission

Report Description

OIG issued this report to consolidate its unresolved investigations-derived recommendations into a single resource for FCC, and to inform critical stakeholders of the threats to program integrity identified by FCC OIG’s investigative work.

Report Type

Investigation

Agency Wide

Yes

Number of Recommendations

Questioned Costs

Funds for Better Use

Report updated under NDAA 5274

External Link

https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/IG%20Transmittal%20and%20Report%20-%20O…

Open Recommendations

This report has 9 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use
1	No	$0	$0
FCC Should Finalize Its Nonprocurement Rule to Develop a Robust Suspension and Debarment (S&D) Program.
2	No	$0	$0
FCC Should Adopt the Mandatory Disclosure Provision from the Updated Uniform Guidance For Federal Financial Assistance.
3	No	$0	$0
FCC Should Create an Online Competitive Bid Repository for E-Rate Program Bidding Documents.
4	No	$0	$0
FCC Should Require Households to Independently Verify Their New Low-Income Program Enrollments and Transfer Requests Through an Affirmative Response to a Text, Email or Other Outreach Using the Contact Information Included in Subscriber Application.
5	No	$0	$0
FCC Should Require Low-Income Program Participating Providers to Report Customer Usage Data When Seeking Monthly Reimbursements for FCC Program Service.
6	No	$0	$0
FCC Should Enforce Program Rules That Require Low-Income Program Participating Providers to Timely and Accurately Register All Enrollment Representatives In RAD and Report their Enrollment Related Activity.
7	No	$0	$0
National Verifier Applications Should be Closed Once a Fabricated or Fraudulent Proof is Confirmed.
8	No	$0	$0
USAC Should Utilize Optical Character Recognition Software to Identify Other Examples of Fraudulent Documents.
9	No	$0	$0
FCC/USAC Should Hire an Expert to Evaluate and Make Recommendations on Potential Improvements to the BPO Manual Review.