FCC Looks to Clear Backlog of Inactive Proceedings

The Federal Communications Commission moved to terminate over 2,000 official proceedings that have become dormant and no longer serve a purpose for the American people. In particular, the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau is seeking public comment on reasons not to terminate these dockets that have been identified by staff from around the agency as inactive or moot. Nearly 100 other dockets were closed administratively in advance of the release. Although the FCC has moved to close dormant proceedings before, this is far and away the largest number of dormant dockets the FCC has ever sought to remove in a single proceeding, with the oldest docket teed up for termination dating back to 1991.