Announcements Archive

December 10, 2025

FCC Form 555 Now Open: Submit by February 2

The FCC Form 555 (Annual Lifeline Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) Certification form) is now available for the 2025 filing year. Service providers must submit the form to USAC in One Portal by Monday, February 2, 2026, and must file a copy in the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System, Docket 14-171, and with relevant state and Tribal governments. 

All Lifeline service providers are required to file the FCC Form 555 to report the results of non-usage de-enrollments and the annual recertification process.

Submissions
Service providers have the option to submit FCC Form 555 using either a single-entry or bulk data submission method. The bulk data submission method allows service providers to submit forms for multiple Study Area Codes (SACs).

All submissions must be certified by a 497 Officer for the filing to be complete.

Resources
For further details on the filing process, USAC encourages service providers to review the resources listed below: 

• December Monthly Webinar: FCC Form 555 
• FCC Form 555 Demo
• FCC Form 555 User Guide
• FCC Form 555 Supplemental Information
• FCC Form 555 FAQs

For technical support and additional information on completing the FCC Form 555 filing, email Form555@USAC.org.

December 9, 2025

December System Maintenance

USAC will perform an ad-hoc system maintenance on Wednesday, December 17, from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. ET on Thursday, December 18.

The production environments of the following systems are impacted, and users will not be able to perform transactions:

• National Verifier Portal
• National Verifier Carrier API

USAC will perform scheduled monthly system maintenance on Friday, December 19, from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. ET on Saturday, December 20.

The production environments of the following systems are impacted:

• National Verifier Portal
• National Verifier Carrier API
• National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD)
• Lifeline Claims System (LCS)
• Representative Accountability Database (RAD)

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Note: All scheduled maintenance dates for NV and NLAD are available on the USAC website.

December 8, 2025

Ad Hoc Maintenance, December 8

USAC will perform an ad-hoc system maintenance on Monday, December 8 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.

The production environments of the following systems are impacted: 

• National Verifier Portal 
• National Verifier Carrier API 

National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD) functions that require the National Verifier will also be affected (e.g., enroll or transfer transactions). 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

December 4, 2025

Service Provider Payment System Unavailable 12/13/2025

Service providers will not be able to make payments using E-File on Saturday, December 13 from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. ET due to maintenance on the Pay.gov system. We apologize for any inconvenience.

December 2, 2025

Ad Hoc System Maintenance, December 4

USAC will perform an ad-hoc system maintenance on Thursday, December 4, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. ET on Friday, December 5.

The production environments of the following systems are impacted, and users will not be able to perform transactions:

• National Verifier Portal
• National Verifier Carrier API 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.