FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for May 2016 Open Meeting

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that the following items are tentatively on the agenda for the May Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 25, 2016:

Updating the Public Inspection File Requirements: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on proposals to eliminate the requirement that commercial broadcast stations retain copies of letters and emails from the public in their public inspection file and the requirement that cable operators reveal the location of the cable system’s principal headend. (MB Docket No. 16-xxx)

Enhancing Public Safety and Network Reliability Through Communications Outage Reporting: The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update its Part 4 communications network outage reporting requirements (PS Docket Nos. 15-80, 11-82; ET Docket No. 04-35)

Connect America Phase II Auction: The Commission will consider a Report & Order adopting rules to implement a competitive bidding process for high-cost universal service support from Phase II of the Connect America Fund. (WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 14-58, 14-259)