The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) is an independent American nonprofit corporation designated as the administrator of the federal Universal Service Fund (USF) by the Federal Communications Commission.
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CoSN was part of a coalition which advocated for the 1997 enactment of E-Rate, a program administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company which provides discounts to assist most schools and libraries in the United States (and U.S. territories) to obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet access, and CoSN has since continued its advocacy for the program.
After the Telecommunications Act of 1996, NECA became indirectly responsible for the Universal Service Fund (USF) programs through its subsidiary corporation, the Universal Service Administrative Company.