83 FR 9315 - Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, February 22, 2018

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 43 (March 5, 2018)

The Commission considered a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on proposed rules that would apply to spectrum above 95 GHz for licensed services, unlicensed operations, and a new class of experimental licenses. 2........................ OFFICE OF Title: Encouraging the ENGINEERING & Provision of New TECHNOLOGY. Technologies and Services to the Public (GN Docket No. 18-22). Summary: The Commission considered a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to provide guidelines and procedures to implement section 7 of the Communications Act, as amended, to improve Commission processes to promote the provision of new technologies and services to the public. 3........................ WIRELESS Title: Connect America TELECOMMUNICATIONS Fund (WC Docket No. 10- AND WIRELINE 90); Universal Service COMPETITION. Reform--Mobility Fund (WT Docket No. 10-208). Summary: The Commission considered an Order addressing the remaining issues raised by parties in petitions for reconsideration of the Mobility Fund Phase II Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 4........................ MEDIA.............. Title: Elimination of Obligation to File Broadcast Mid-Term Report (Form 397) Under Section 73.2080(f)(2) (MB Docket No. 18-23); Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative (MB Docket No. 17-105). Summary: The Commission considered a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to eliminate the requirement in Section 73.2080(f)(2) of the Commission's rules that certain broadcast television and radio stations file the Broadcast Mid-Term Report (Form 397). 5........................ MEDIA.............. Title: Amendment of Parts 74, 76 and 78 of the Commission's Rules Regarding Maintenance of Copies of FCC Rules (MB Docket No. 17-231); Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative (MB Docket No. 17-105). Summary: The Commission considered a Report and Order that would eliminate specific Part 74, 76, and 78 rules that require certain broadcast and cable entities to maintain paper copies of Commission rules, while retaining provisions that require the subject entities to be familiar with the rules governing their operations. 6........................ WIRELINE Title: Modernization of COMPETITION. Payphone Compensation Rules (WC Docket No. 17- 141); Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC Docket No. 96-128); 2016 Biennial Review of Telecommunications Regulations (WC Docket No. 16-132). Summary: The Commission considered a Report and Order to (1) eliminate all payphone call tracking system audit and associated reporting requirements, (2) permit a company official, including but not limited to the chief financial officer, to certify that a completing carrier's quarterly compensation payments are accurate and complete, and (3) eliminate expired payphone compensation rules. 7........................ WIRELINE Presentation: COMPETITION. Demonstration of the New National Broadband Map. Summary: The Commission heard a presentation on a new National Broadband Map providing improved access to fixed-broadband deployment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9315-9316]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04446]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, February 22, 2018

    The Federal Communications Commission held an Open Meeting on the 
subjects listed below on Thursday, February 22, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. in 
Room TW-C305, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC.

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         Item No.                 Bureau                 Subject
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1........................  OFFICE OF            Title: Spectrum Horizons
                            ENGINEERING &        (ET Docket No. 18-21);
                            TECHNOLOGY.          James Edwin Whedbee
                                                 Petition for Rulemaking
                                                 to Allow Unlicensed
                                                 Operation in the 95-
                                                 1,000 GHz Band (RM-
                                                 11795).
                                                Summary: The Commission
                                                 considered a Notice of
                                                 Proposed Rulemaking
                                                 that seeks comment on
                                                 proposed rules that
                                                 would apply to spectrum
                                                 above 95 GHz for
                                                 licensed services,
                                                 unlicensed operations,
                                                 and a new class of
                                                 experimental licenses.
2........................  OFFICE OF            Title: Encouraging the
                            ENGINEERING &        Provision of New
                            TECHNOLOGY.          Technologies and
                                                 Services to the Public
                                                 (GN Docket No. 18-22).
                                                Summary: The Commission
                                                 considered a Notice of
                                                 Proposed Rulemaking to
                                                 provide guidelines and
                                                 procedures to implement
                                                 section 7 of the
                                                 Communications Act, as
                                                 amended, to improve
                                                 Commission processes to
                                                 promote the provision
                                                 of new technologies and
                                                 services to the public.
3........................  WIRELESS             Title: Connect America
                            TELECOMMUNICATIONS   Fund (WC Docket No. 10-
                            AND WIRELINE         90); Universal Service
                            COMPETITION.         Reform--Mobility Fund
                                                 (WT Docket No. 10-208).
                                                Summary: The Commission
                                                 considered an Order
                                                 addressing the
                                                 remaining issues raised
                                                 by parties in petitions
                                                 for reconsideration of
                                                 the Mobility Fund Phase
                                                 II Report and Order and
                                                 Further Notice of
                                                 Proposed Rulemaking.
4........................  MEDIA..............  Title: Elimination of
                                                 Obligation to File
                                                 Broadcast Mid-Term
                                                 Report (Form 397) Under
                                                 Section 73.2080(f)(2)
                                                 (MB Docket No. 18-23);
                                                 Modernization of Media
                                                 Regulation Initiative
                                                 (MB Docket No. 17-105).
                                                Summary: The Commission
                                                 considered a Notice of
                                                 Proposed Rulemaking
                                                 that proposes to
                                                 eliminate the
                                                 requirement in Section
                                                 73.2080(f)(2) of the
                                                 Commission's rules that
                                                 certain broadcast
                                                 television and radio
                                                 stations file the
                                                 Broadcast Mid-Term
                                                 Report (Form 397).
5........................  MEDIA..............  Title: Amendment of
                                                 Parts 74, 76 and 78 of
                                                 the Commission's Rules
                                                 Regarding Maintenance
                                                 of Copies of FCC Rules
                                                 (MB Docket No. 17-231);
                                                 Modernization of Media
                                                 Regulation Initiative
                                                 (MB Docket No. 17-105).
                                                Summary: The Commission
                                                 considered a Report and
                                                 Order that would
                                                 eliminate specific Part
                                                 74, 76, and 78 rules
                                                 that require certain
                                                 broadcast and cable
                                                 entities to maintain
                                                 paper copies of
                                                 Commission rules, while
                                                 retaining provisions
                                                 that require the
                                                 subject entities to be
                                                 familiar with the rules
                                                 governing their
                                                 operations.
6........................  WIRELINE             Title: Modernization of
                            COMPETITION.         Payphone Compensation
                                                 Rules (WC Docket No. 17-
                                                 141); Implementation of
                                                 the Pay Telephone
                                                 Reclassification and
                                                 Compensation Provisions
                                                 of The
                                                 Telecommunications Act
                                                 of 1996 (CC Docket No.
                                                 96-128); 2016 Biennial
                                                 Review of
                                                 Telecommunications
                                                 Regulations (WC Docket
                                                 No. 16-132).
                                                Summary: The Commission
                                                 considered a Report and
                                                 Order to (1) eliminate
                                                 all payphone call
                                                 tracking system audit
                                                 and associated
                                                 reporting requirements,
                                                 (2) permit a company
                                                 official, including but
                                                 not limited to the
                                                 chief financial
                                                 officer, to certify
                                                 that a completing
                                                 carrier's quarterly
                                                 compensation payments
                                                 are accurate and
                                                 complete, and (3)
                                                 eliminate expired
                                                 payphone compensation
                                                 rules.
7........................  WIRELINE             Presentation:
                            COMPETITION.         Demonstration of the
                                                 New National Broadband
                                                 Map.
                                                Summary: The Commission
                                                 heard a presentation on
                                                 a new National
                                                 Broadband Map providing
                                                 improved access to
                                                 fixed-broadband
                                                 deployment.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-04446 Filed 3-2-18; 8:45 am]
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