FCC Confirms April 27 Agenda

The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Friday, April 27, 2012. The FCC will consider:

1. a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that protects consumers by adopting and proposing additional rules to help consumers prevent and detect the unlawful and fraudulent placement of unauthorized charges on their telephone bills.
2. a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking inviting comment on whether to allow noncommercial educational broadcast stations to conduct on-air fundraising activities that interrupt regular programming for the benefit of third-party non-profit organizations.
3. a Second Report and Order that increases transparency and improves public access to community-relevant information by moving the television broadcast station public file from paper to the Internet.
4. a Report and Order establishing a regulatory framework for channel sharing among television licensees in connection with an incentive auction of spectrum.
5. a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on proposals to reform and modernize how Universal Service Fund contributions are assessed and recovered.