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Mattey Calls for USAC Reform in Filing with the FCC

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

Abby Larkin

May 20, 2026 — 1 min read

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 She explained, “My primary aim is to identify a handful of rules that are clearly outdated or obsolete and discuss certain administrative functions that should be re-examined.”

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