Sunshine Act Meetings
| Published date | 08 October 2021 |
| Record Number | 2021-22115 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Maritime Commission |
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 193 / Friday, October 8, 2021 / Notices
Order), the Commission ordered USAC
to create a National Lifeline Eligibility
Verifier (‘‘National Verifier’’), including
the National Lifeline Eligibility Database
(LED), that would match data about
Lifeline applicants and subscribers with
other data sources to verify the
eligibility of an applicant or subscriber.
The Commission found that the
National Verifier would reduce
compliance costs for Lifeline service
providers, improve service for Lifeline
subscribers, and reduce waste, fraud,
and abuse in the program. The
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2021 directs the FCC to leverage the
National Verifier to verify applicants’
eligibility for EBBP. The purpose of this
matching program is to verify the
eligibility of EBBP applicants and
subscribers by determining whether
they receive Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits
administered by the North Carolina
Department. Under FCC rules,
consumers receiving these benefits
qualify for Lifeline discounts and also
for EBBP benefits.
Participating Agencies
North Carolina Department of Health
and Human Services (Department).
Authority for Conducting the Matching
Program
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2021, Public Law 116–260, 134 Stat.
1182; 47 CFR part 54, subparts E, P;
Lifeline and Link Up Reform and
Modernization, et al., Third Report and
Order, Further Report and Order, and
Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd
3962, 4006–21, paras. 126–66 (2016)
(2016 Lifeline Modernization Order).
Purpose(s)
In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization
Order, the FCC required USAC to
develop and operate the National
Verifier to improve efficiency and
reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the
Lifeline program. The stated purpose of
the National Verifier is ‘‘to increase the
integrity and improve the performance
of the Lifeline program for the benefit of
a variety of Lifeline participants,
including Lifeline providers,
subscribers, states, community-based
organizations, USAC, and the
Commission.’’ 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006,
para. 126. To help determine whether
Lifeline applicants and subscribers are
eligible for Lifeline benefits, the Order
contemplates that the USAC-operated
LED will communicate with information
systems and databases operated by other
Federal and State agencies. Id. at 4011–
2, paras. 135–7.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act
of 2021 directs the FCC to leverage the
National Verifier to verify applicants’
eligibility for EBBP. The purpose of this
matching program is to verify the
eligibility of EBBP applicants and
subscribers by determining whether
they receive SNAP benefits
administered by the North Carolina
Department. Under FCC rules,
consumers receiving these benefits
qualify for Lifeline discounts and also
for EBBP benefits.
Categories of Individuals
The categories of individuals whose
information is involved in the matching
program include, but are not limited to,
those individuals who have applied for
EBBP benefits; are currently receiving
benefits; are individuals who enable
another individual in their household to
qualify for EBBP benefits; are minors
whose status qualifies a parent or
guardian for EBBP benefits; or are
individuals who have received EBBP
benefits.
Categories of Records
The categories of records involved in
the matching program include, but are
not limited to first and last name, date
of birth and the last four digits of the
applicant’s Social Security Number. The
National Verifier will transfer these data
elements to the North Carolina
Department, which will respond either
‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’ that the individual is
enrolled in an EBBP-qualifying
assistance program: State of North
Carolina’s SNAP.
System(s) of Records
The USAC records shared as part of
this matching program reside in the
EBBP system of records, FCC/WCB–3,
Emergency Broadband Benefit Program,
which was published in the Federal
Register at 86 FR 11523 (Feb. 25, 2021).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE
: October 13, 2021; 10:00
a.m.
PLACE
: This meeting will be held by
video-conference only.
STATUS
: Part of this meeting will be
open to the public and will be streamed
live, accessible from www.fmc.gov. The
rest of the meeting will be closed to the
public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED
:
Portions Open to the Public:
1. National Shipper Advisory
Committee Update
Portions Closed to the Public
1. Staff Briefing on Ongoing
Enforcement Activities
2. Staff Briefing on Vessel-Operating
Common Carrier Audit Program
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION
:
Rachel Dickon, Secretary, (202) 523–
5725.
Rachel Dickon,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–22115 Filed 10–6–21; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 6730–02–P
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
or bank holding company. The factors
that are considered in acting on the
applications are set forth in paragraph 7
of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The public portions of the
applications listed below, as well as
other related filings required by the
Board, if any, are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
This information may also be obtained
on an expedited basis, upon request, by
contacting the appropriate Federal
Reserve Bank and from the Board’s
Freedom of Information Office at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/
request.htm. Interested persons may
express their views in writing on the
standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of
the Act.
Comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the
Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of
the Board of Governors, Ann E.
Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington DC 20551–0001, not later
than October 25, 2021.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
(Erien O. Terry, Assistant Vice
President) 1000 Peachtree Street NE,
Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments can
also be sent electronically to
Applications.Comments@atl.frb.org:
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