Media Contact: 
Robin Colwell, (202) 418-2300
Robin.Colwell@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY 
ON THE RESIGNATION OF USAC CEO
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2017. — “The departure of its CEO presents an opportunity for 
the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to clean up its act. USAC as it 
has been managed is not sufficiently accountable to the Commission, and is not meeting 
the needs of universal service stakeholders or the public, who pay fees to support 
USAC’s operations. Absent significant and timely improvements, I believe that all 
options should be on the table, including putting USAC’s functions out for contract, as 
the Commission has done in other circumstances.”
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Office of Commissioner Mike O’Rielly: (202) 418-2300
Twitter: @mikeofcc
www.fcc.gov/leadership/michael-orielly
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes 
official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).