FCC asks appeals court to dump E-911 rules

The Federal Communications Commission asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to throw out enhanced 911 location accuracy rules approved last November but not yet put into effect, pointing to public safety groups' recent disclosure that they would settle for a relaxed standard. Late last month, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International and the National Emergency Number Association told the FCC its previous advocacy measuring wireless E-911 accuracy at public safety answering point level proved unworkable in practice and that they were to accept compliance measurements at the county level.