Mattey Calls for USAC Reform in Filing with the FCC

The former FCC official is seeking to update and simplify the USAC.

Mattey Calls for USAC Reform in Filing with the FCC
Photo of Carol Mattey (second from right) speaking at a panel about the FCC's Universal Service Fund.

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2026 – Carol Mattey, a former Deputy Chief at the Federal Communications Commission, is asking for a substanial overhaul of the Universal Service Administrative Company.

Mattey, now a consultant, filed comments with the FCC to provide recommendations to the USAC. She explained, “My primary aim is to identify a handful of rules that are clearly outdated or obsolete and discuss certain administrative functions that should be re-examined.”

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