Goto Section: 54.715 | 54.719 | Table of Contents
FCC 54.717
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 54.717 Audits of the Administrator.
The Administrator shall obtain and pay for an annual audit conducted by an
independent auditor to examine its operations and books of account to
determine, among other things, whether the Administrator is properly
administering the universal service support mechanisms to prevent fraud,
waste, and abuse:
(a) Before selecting an independent auditor, the Administrator shall submit
preliminary audit requirements, including the proposed scope of the audit
and the extent of compliance and substantive testing, to the Office of
Managing Director.
(b) The Office of Managing Director shall review the preliminary audit
requirements to determine whether they are adequate to meet the audit
objectives. The Office of Managing Director shall prescribe modifications
that shall be incorporated into the final audit requirements.
(c) After the audit requirements have been approved by the Office of
Managing Director, the Administrator shall engage within thirty (30)
calendar days an independent auditor to conduct the annual audit required by
this paragraph. In making its selection, the Administrator shall not engage
any independent auditor who has been involved in designing any of the
accounting or reporting systems under review in the audit.
(d) The independent auditor selected by the Administrator to conduct the
annual audit shall be instructed by the Administrator to develop a detailed
audit program based on the final audit requirements and shall be instructed
by the Administrator to submit the audit program to the Office of Managing
Director. The Office of Managing Director shall review the audit program and
make modifications, as needed, that shall be incorporated into the final
audit program. During the course of the audit, the Office of Managing
Director may direct the Administrator to direct the independent auditor to
take any actions necessary to ensure compliance with the audit requirements.
(e) During the course of the audit, the Administrator shall instruct the
independent auditor to:
(1) Inform the Office of Managing Director of any revisions to the final
audit program or to the scope of the audit;
(2) Notify the Office of Managing Director of any meetings with the
Administrator in which audit findings are discussed; and
(3) Submit to the Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau any accounting or
rule interpretations necessary to complete the audit.
(f) Within 105 calendar days after the end of the audit period, but prior to
discussing the audit findings with the Administrator, the independent
auditor shall be instructed by the Administrator to submit a draft of the
audit report to the Office of Managing Director Audit Staff.
(g) The Office of Managing Director shall review the audit findings and
audit workpapers and offer its recommendations concerning the conduct of the
audit or the audit findings to the independent auditor. Exceptions of the
Office of Managing Director to the findings and conclusions of the
independent auditor that remain unresolved shall be included in the final
audit report.
(h) Within fifteen (15) calendar days after receiving the Office of Managing
Director's recommendations and making any revisions to the audit report, the
Administrator shall instruct the independent auditor to submit the audit
report to the Administrator for its response to the audit findings. At this
time the auditor also must send copies of its audit findings to the Office
of Managing Director. The Administrator shall provide the independent
auditor time to perform additional audit work recommended by the Office of
Managing Director.
(i) Within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the audit report, the
Administrator shall respond to the audit findings and send copies of its
response to the Office of Managing Director. The Administrator shall
instruct the independent auditor that any reply that the independent auditor
wishes to make to the Administrator's responses shall be sent to the Office
of Managing Director as well as the Administrator. The Administrator's
response and the independent auditor's replies shall be included in the
final audit report;
(j) Within ten (10) calendar days after receiving the response of the
Administrator, the independent auditor shall file with the Commission the
final audit report.
(k) Based on the final audit report, the Managing Director may take any
action necessary to ensure that the universal service support mechanisms
operate in a manner consistent with the requirements of this part, as well
as such other action as is deemed necessary and in the public interest.
[ 67 FR 13227 , Mar. 21, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 18907 , Apr. 17, 2003; 71 FR 38267 , July 6, 2006; 77 FR 71712 , Dec. 4, 2012]
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Goto Section: 54.715 | 54.719
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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