FCC's Open Meeting Agenda (Now THAT's an Agenda!)

FCC'S OPEN MEETING AGENDA
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an open meeting on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The Commission will consider: 1) a Notice of Inquiry that seeks comments and information for the Thirteenth Annual Report on the status of competition in the market for the delivery of video programming, 2) interference protection in the 700MHz band, 3) new wireless operations in the TV broadcast bands, 4) the proposed merger of AT&T and BellSouth and 5) Network Neutrality.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-267791A1.doc

* Now THAT's an Agenda!
[SOURCE: Public Knowledge, AUTHOR: Harold Feld, Media Access Project]
[Commentary] The FCC has posted the agenda for its open meeting Thursday, October 12. And boy, that is some agenda. Two items that have been rumored as circulating for a long time did not make it on the agenda. The digital radio conversion order remain on hold, and the Continental/Massport proceeding also remains on hold. Given that the later was supposed to be all set for a vote a few weeks ago, it is puzzling why it remains unresolved. Finally, it is important to realize that an item can get pulled from the agenda at any time, right up to the day of the meeting if the Commissioners are unable to reach agreement and the Chairman does not want to force a vote. If the Commissioners can't reach a deal on AT&T/BS or on Broadcast White Spaces, the Chairman may pull those items in the hopes of achieving a better consensus later.
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/673