WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – A US Senate committee report released on Tuesday said consultants who assist schools and libraries in winning funding from a $3 billion annual internet subsidy program receive between $200 million and $400 million annually.
Senate Commerce Committee chair Ted Cruz said consultants help the applicants for the Federal Communications Commission E-Rate program “comply with a Byzantine process that has become a costly feature of the program.”
He added that the high fees should “prompt greater scrutiny of how E-Rate funds move, who benefits and whether the program’s current structure delivers value to schools, libraries and taxpayers.”
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark Porter)
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