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Overview of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
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Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
Overview of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
Overview of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
The TA is committed to aggressively deterring fraud, waste, abuse, or other illegality in the 800 MHz reconfiguration program. The TA may, in its discretion, provide any report of alleged fraud, waste, abuse or other illegality to the FCC. Parties that engage in the commission of fraud, fraudulent acts, or other illegalities associated with the program may be subject to civil and/or criminal liability and possible FCC action, including exclusion from further participation in the program.
The TA will be vigilant in monitoring the progress of each system's reconfiguration to ensure that the submitted Cost Estimates contain reasonable and prudent expenses directly related to the retuning of an 800 MHz system and that the funds expended are the minimum necessary to provide facilities comparable to those presently in use. Licensees and vendors are reminded that "good cause" for Sprint Nextel's non-payment of a reconfiguration expense includes credible evidence of fraud, waste, abuse, or other illegality associated with that expense.
The TA has implemented several safeguards to deter potential fraud or other illegality, including the following Obligations and Prohibitions required of all program participants, as may be amended from time to time.
Obligations
All program participants must:
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Report any fraud, waste, abuse, or other illegality in the program to the TA. |
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Implement internal safeguards and procedures to detect and deter potential fraud, waste, abuse, or other illegality. |
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Prepare and submit Cost Estimates that contain reasonable and prudent expenses directly related to the retuning of an 800 MHz system. |
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Certify that Cost Estimates include only costs that are the minimum necessary to provide facilities comparable to those presently in use. |
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Upon the completion of a system reconfiguration, certify to the TA that the reconfiguration is complete and the total actual cost of the reconfiguration. |
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Return any fraudulent payment received in connection with any reconfiguration services. |
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Licensees must maintain records and other supporting evidence associated with reconfiguration services paid for by Sprint Nextel for 18 months after the Completion Certification and provide access to these records to the TA or any auditor appointed by the TA. |
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For each licensee for which a vendor performs reconfiguration services, the vendor shall retain, and make available to such licensee upon request, all documents directly related to the vendor's performance of such reconfiguration services for a period of 24 months following the completion of such reconfiguration services. |
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