FCC Open Meeting January 2016

FCC Open Meeting

Federal Communications Commission
Thursday, January 28, 2016
10:30 am
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db0121/DOC-...

Here's the agenda; the FCC will consider:

  1. A Report and Order which modernizes the public inspection file rules by requiring cable and satellite TV operators and broadcast and satellite radio companies to post public inspection files on the FCC’s online database.
  2. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to strengthen the Emergency Alert System (EAS) by promoting participation on the state and local levels, supporting greater testing and awareness of EAS leveraging technological advances, and bolstering EAS security.
  3. The 2016 Broadband Progress Report examining whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion, pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

There are also 7 items on a consent agenda.