Public Notice

The Federal Communications Commission's Office of Managing Director (OMD) announced that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the fourth quarter of 2026 will be 0.42 or 42.0 percent. The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), in consultation with the OMD, instructs the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to apply $69 million in unused funds to offset the Schools and Libraries program demand and $56 million in unused funds to offset the Rural Health Care program demand.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration seeks feedback under the Paperwork Reduction Act on a set of questions for the November 2027 edition of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. This collection of questions is known as the NTIA Internet Use Survey and is also referred to as the CPS Computer and Internet Use Supplement.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) provided new guidance to Eligible Entities (States, Territories, and the District of Columbia) regarding the next step in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program implementation.

The Federal Communications Commission authorized a new Innovation Zone at Iowa State University to provide a platform to develop and refine wireless technologies intended to connect rural communities and to study new use cases for precision agriculture for both crop and livestock farms. Innovation Zones are locations designated for use by specific experimental licensees to foster robust wireless research and development through the testing of new advanced technologies, applications, and prototype networks outside of a traditional small campus or laboratory setting.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) published a public notice on August 25 seeking public comment on the application forms it will use for a revived Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program, the first public confirmation that work on the program's relaunch is underway. The notice opens a 60-day comment period under the Paperwork Reduction Act, with comments due October 26, 2026, and is a revision of an existing clearance (OMB Control Number 0660–0055) rather than a new one.

President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum empowering Federal law enforcement to use cyber tools to disrupt transnational criminal organizations that operate in foreign jurisdictions to attack Americans. 

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announces the conditional approval of two additional Cybersecurity Label Administrators for the Federal Communications Commission’s voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for consumer wireless Internet of Things products and reiterates program obligations. The Bureau finds that the following entities meet the Commission’s program criteria and requirements and conditionally approves each to serve as a CLA:

On August 4, 2026, the World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee approved and provided for Federal Communications Commission consideration of its draft recommendations on issues that will be considered by the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference Based upon an initial review of the draft recommendations forwarded to the FCC, the Office of International Affairs, in coordination with other Commission Bureaus and Offices, tentatively concludes that we can generally support most of the content found in Attachment A.

The Federal Communications Commission proposes to prohibit the continued importation and marketing of certain previously authorized equipment that has been determined to “pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons”. Such prohibitions would apply to the advertising, distribution, and sale of such equipment. In particular, we propose to apply such prohibitions to certain communications and video surveillance equipment listed in section 1709 of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Aut

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced the minimum service standards for Lifeline-supported services as required by the 2016 Lifeline Order. The 2016 Lifeline Order established minimum service standards for certain Lifeline-supported services and established annual increases in those standards either in the FCC’s rules or pursuant to calculations set out in the Order and the FCC’s rules. Accordingly, the Bureau announced the minimum service standards for fixed and mobile broadband data usage allowance.