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May 16, 2012FCC RELEASES RESULTS OF LATEST REVIEW OF LIFELINE PROGRAM REFORMS TO CUT WASTE, FRAUD & ABUSE: 135,000 MORE DUPLICATE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE ELIMINATED, GENERATING $15 MILLION OF SAVINGS
Lifeline reform efforts eliminating more than 400,000 duplicate subscriptions and saving $50 million; Reform efforts on track to save up to $2 billion over next 3 years, protecting a vital program that helps low-income Americans access phone service
Washington, D.C. – As a result of comprehensive reforms of the Lifeline program over the last year, theNote: We are currently transitioning our documents into web compatible formats for easier reading. We have done our best to supply this content to you in a presentable form, but there may be some formatting issues while we improve the technology. The original version of the document is available as a PDF [2], Word Document [1], or as plain text [3].
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