FCC Seeks Comment on Protective Order for Special Access Data Collection

On December 18, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking initiating a comprehensive data collection (collection) and seeking comment on, among other things, a proposal to use the data to evaluate competition in the market for special access services1 The Wireline Competition Bureau is working to implement the collection and is in the process of seeking Paperwork Reduction Act approval. As part of these implementation efforts, the Bureau seeks comment on the procedures for designating, handling, submitting and accessing the confidential and highly confidential data and information sought in the collection.

Comment Date: July 29, 2013

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