Notice 24 Feb 2025 regulatory compliance, federal communications commission, broadcasting, relocation fund, mvpd, tv broadcast

📺FCC Notice on Information Collection for TV Broadcast Relocation Fund

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

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Notice 24 Feb 2025 compliance, information collection, small business, federal communications commission, telecommunications

📊FCC Information Collection Requirements - Implications for Businesses

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

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Notice 20 Feb 2025 regulatory compliance, public meeting, federal communications commission, business advisory, communications security, csric, interoperability

📡Upcoming FCC CSRIC Meeting

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) IX will hold its fourth meeting on March 19, 2025 at 1 p.m. EDT.

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Regulatory Changes, Compliance 29 Jan 2025 business operations, regulatory compliance, federal communications commission, wireless telecommunications, spectrum allocation

📡FCC Seeks Comments on 1675-1680 MHz Band Reallocation Rules

In this document, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to supplement the record concerning the rules proposed in a 2019 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted in the Allocation and Service Rules for the 1675- 1680 MHz Band rulemaking that proposed to reallocate the 1675-1680 MHz band for shared use between incumbent federal operators and new, non- federal flexible wireless (fixed or mobile) use operations.

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Compliance, Regulatory 23 Jan 2025 information collection, small business, regulatory requirements, federal communications commission, auction participation

📜FCC Information Collection Requirement

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

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Regulatory Compliance, Media Industry 22 Jan 2025 business compliance, federal communications commission, fcc, media industry, broadcasting regulations

📡FCC Petition for Reconsideration Impacting FM Broadcasting Regulations

Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) has been filed in the Commission's proceeding by Robert McAllan, CEO, and Rich Morena, COO/ CFO, on behalf of Press Communications, LLC.

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Compliance Requirements, Regulatory Changes 21 Jan 2025 compliance, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, infrastructure, federal communications commission, telecommunications, communications equipment, disaster information reporting system

📡New Disaster Reporting Requirements from FCC for Telecommunication Providers

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection associated with the rule adopted in a Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Resilient Networks Second Report and Order) requiring cable communications, wireless, wireline, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to report their infrastructure status information in the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) daily when the Commission activates DIRS in geographic areas in which they provide service, even when their reportable infrastructure has not changed compared to the prior day. It also codifies, in the Commission's outage reporting rules, that a subject provider's Networks Outage Reporting System reporting obligations are waived while they report in DIRS and requires that subject providers who report in DIRS provide a single, final DIRS report to the Commission, within 24 hours of the Commission's deactivation of DIRS, that provides the status of their infrastructure identified to the Commission during the DIRS reporting period that has not yet been fully restored at the time of the deactivation. This document is consistent with the Resilient Networks Second Report and Order, which states the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing a compliance date for the rule section and revise the rule accordingly.

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Compliance Requirements, Regulatory Notification 17 Jan 2025 compliance, small business, federal communications commission, paperwork reduction act, data collection

📄FCC Notice on Information Collection

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 17 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, small business, federal communications commission, paperwork reduction act

📜FCC Notice on Information Collection Impacting Small Businesses

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees."

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 15 Jan 2025 compliance, administrative practice and procedure, inflation adjustment, penalties, federal communications commission, civil penalties, business risk

⚖️FCC Announces 2025 Civil Penalties Adjustments for Businesses

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act) requires the Federal Communications Commission to revise its forfeiture penalty rules to reflect annual adjustments for inflation in order to improve their effectiveness and maintain their deterrent effect. The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that the new penalty levels shall apply to penalties assessed after the effective date of the increase, including when the penalties whose associated violation predate the increase.

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