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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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New York City E-Rate Program Investigation
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entered into a consent decree with Verizon to resolve an investigation into whether Verizon violated the rules of the E-Rate program when it provided products and services to the New York City Department of Education between 2002 and 2015. Verizon agreed to implement a compliance plan and return $17,325,000 to the E-Rate program. Verizon also agreed to forfeit legal rights to hundreds of millions of dollars in undisbursed Universal Service Fund E-Rate monies.
- Misconduct Type
- Ethics
- Enforcement Agency
- FCC
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- Administrative
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Consent Decree
- 5/25/2017
