Buddy, Gonna Shut You Down

Posted on April 8, 2011 by FHH Law

Tach it up! Tach it up! FCC moves to DefCon1 in anticipation of government shutdown

We’ve posted a couple of alerts about the possible shutdown of the federal government and the effect that that could have on licensees (read them here and here). Now the FCC itself is getting into the act. It has just posted on its website a “Plan for Orderly Shutdown Due to Lapse of Congressional Appropriations”. The Commission’s plan allots a total of four hours to complete “orderly” shutdown procedures. (The clock on that four-hour period apparently will start with the issuance of a “notice of decision to furlough” that will be emailed to all Commission employees to be sent home. Comforting factoid: All five Commissioners will stay on board through the shutdown.)

 

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Dane Ericksen - April 8, 2011 1:32 PM

What about on-line systems, such as ECFS, ULS and CDBS? Will they be taken off-line?

Harry Cole - April 9, 2011 8:50 AM

Dane --

Good question, but now moot (at least for the time being) in light of the last-minute resolution that staved off the shutdown.

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