Cost Recovery Working Group Billing

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Cost Recovery Working Group
Billing Collection Working
GroupChairsRosemary Emmer, NextelJim
Castagna, Verizon

• November 4, 2005

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Organizational Meeting

• Met on October 27, 2005
• Reviewed the NANC Principals
• Reviewed Contributions from Bell Canada, Verizon
  and Nextel
• Drafted a Mission, Scope and a List of Primary
  Activities
• Participants included
• Verizon MCI Bell Canada
• SBC Nextel
• Bell South Sprint

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The Name Game

• The NANP Billing and Collection Agent is the
  NBANC or Vendor.
• The NANCs Oversight of the Billing and
  Collection Agent is performed by one of its
  working groups.
• This working group recommends it be referred to
  simply as the Billing Collection Working Group
  or BC WG

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Mission

• The NANCs Billing and Collection Agent
  Oversight Working Group (BC WG) is responsible
  for overseeing the performance of the functional
  requirements provided by the NANP Billing and
  Collection Agent (NBANC). The BC WG will
  investigate/review the performance of NBANC and
  submit reports at each NANC meeting to fully
  inform NANC of the NBANCs performance with
  respect to the functional requirements. At the
  request of the FCC and/or NANC, the BC WG will
  identify and determine the financial impact,
  feasibility and/or the appropriateness of
  initiatives/activities that may need to be
  included in the NBANC budget or use NBANC Funds.

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Scope

• The WG will participate in the development of
  the budget, contribution factor and payment
  computation monitor the billing, collection, and
  distribution of funds review for completeness
  the NBANC NANC Reports and Quarterly reports used
  to confirm established procedures and records are
  properly maintained to ensure operational
  integrity and perform an annual Performance
  Evaluation and co-develop corrective action plans
  and other change management initiatives as
  required.

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Primary Activities

• Performance
• Perform an annual performance evaluation of
  NBANC. Participate in the development of any
  corrective action plans and/or performance
  metrics/monitoring that may be necessary during
  the year or as a result of the annual performance
  evaluation.
• Identify/address any industry or vendor concerns
  with the performance of the functional
  requirements during the year and upon NANCs
  approval of the Annual Performance Evaluation of
  the NBANC.

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Primary Activities

• Reports
• Co-develop and track monthly NBANC performance
  metrics, including NBANC internal performance
  metrics as appropriate. Report monthly
  performance to NANC at bi-monthly NANC meetings.
• Co-develop the format and contents of the NBANC
  NANC report and preview same prior to each NANC
  with NBANC to ensure completeness and to address
  any performance concerns. The WG will approve
  the format of the report used to confirm
  established procedures and records are properly
  maintained to ensure operational integrity.
• Co-develop the format and contents of the NBANC
  Quarterly report and preview the same with NBANC
  prior to its distribution to NANC to ensure
  completeness. BC WG to address any performance
  and/or operational integrity concerns as is done
  with the NBANC NANC reports.

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Primary Activities

• Fund Size Contribution Factor
• Participate in arriving at the budget and Fund
  Size and ensure disbursements by the NBANC are
  made only with proper authorization by the FCC
  and/or NANC.
• Be involved in the review/approval process for
  the formula and calculation of the contribution
  factor the formula is used to arrive at the
  contribution factor and must be filed with the
  FCC by the NBANC.

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Next Steps

• NANC Approval of Mission, Scope and List of
  Primary Activities
• Engage Welch Schedule Meetings/Activities
• Review fund size, contribution factor and
  establish protocol for fiscal review process
• Co-develop Vendor Performance Metrics
• Co-develop Reporting Formats of NBANC
• Establish Annual Performance Evaluation Work Plan
  for review by NANC