*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 40823* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418- 0500 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 TTY 202 / 418- 2555 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov DA 04- 2447 Release Date: August 2, 2004 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU POSTS DATASET USED IN LIFELINE STAFF ANALYSIS WC Docket No. 03- 109 Today the Wireline Competition Bureau posted to the FCC’s website the dataset used in the Commission’s Lifeline and Link- Up Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 1 Among other things, the Lifeline and Link- Up Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted an eligibility criterion of 135% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines and sought comment on using an eligibility criterion of 150% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines. 2 The Order and Further Notice included a Lifeline Staff Analysis quantifying the effects of adding an income criterion to the Lifeline eligibility criteria. 3 The dataset used to create this Lifeline Staff Analysis has been posted to the Commission’s website at http:// www. fcc. gov/ wcb/ universal_ service/ lowincome. html For further information, contact Anita Cheng or Karen Franklin, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418- 7400, TTY (202) 418- 0484. 1 See Lifeline and Link- Up, WC Docket 03- 109, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 19 FCC Rcd 8302 (2004). 2 Id. at 8308- 09, 8331- 33, paras. 10, 56- 57. 3 Id. at Appendix K. 1