Wicker, Thune Want FCC to 'Quickly Finish' RDOF Review
Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Roger Wicker, Miss., and Communications Subcommittee ranking member John Thune, S.D., urged the FCC Thursday to “move quickly to finish” its long-form application review process for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction “and…
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begin authorizing support to winning bidders.” Lawmakers are eyeing RDOF shortcomings (see 2105180070). “Each day that the [FCC] spends vetting long-form applications is another day that unserved Americans go without the high-speed broadband that is essential to everyday life,” Wicker and Thune said in a letter to acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “Months have passed since winners submitted their long-form applications, and the agency has remained almost entirely silent about the status of its review and plans to authorize money.” The GOP leaders sought a “status update” by July 29 on the review process. They want to know if the FCC plans to “complete a review of all long-form applications” and what measures the commission is “taking to ensure transparency and accountability in its long-form application review.” The agency didn’t comment.