Looking for a more transparent, efficient, predictable FCC? Some folks on the Capitol Hill are looking, too, and they think they may have found some answers.… Continue Reading
A small handful of WCS/SDARS rules first adopted by the Commission in May, 2010 -- 17 months ago -- have straggled over to OMB for its approval and have now, at long last, taken effect.… Continue Reading
If you're thinking about filing comments on the FCC's proposed relaxation of its approach to alien ownership, get out your calendar -- the comment/reply comment deadlines have now been set.… Continue Reading
Sixteen months after they were adopted, rules designed to promote technical harmony between the Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service operators and their immediately adjacent electromagnetic neighbors, the Wireless Communications Service licensees, have finally taken effect.… Continue Reading
As it waves a metal detector over every inch of the country's economy, looking for any stray nickel or dime with which to fund its ambitious American Jobs Act, the Obama Administration apparently thinks it's hit a minor jackpot: spectrum fees.… Continue Reading
The FCC is looking to liberalize its policies and processes for permitting alien ownership of common carrier and aeronautical radio station licenses.… Continue Reading
The Commission's 2011 reg fees still aren't technically effective, and the FCC has yet to announce the deadline for paying those fees . . . but the Fee Filer system is ready - NOW - to take your reg fee payments.… Continue Reading
Here in Washington, we're used to a certain amount of hypocrisy. It's part of the atmosphere, like exhaust fumes from the high school tour buses.… Continue Reading
The FCC is looking to summarily toss more than 1,000 rulemaking proceedings. If any of those proceedings happen to be yours and you'd like to keep them alive, the clock is ticking . . .… Continue Reading
According to a notice in the Federal Register, the FCC's new schedule of application fees will take effect on June 20, 2011. But if past is prologue, you may want to check back with us to make sure.… Continue Reading
The FCC has released its proposed 2011 regulatory fees, and with only few exceptions, they reflect increases - in some cases, significant increases - over last year's numbers.… Continue Reading
The job isn't over 'til the paperwork's been done -- and that applies to ex parte meetings with the Commission. The requirements concerning submission of descriptive notices of such meetings have been enhanced, and more changes have been proposed.… Continue Reading
Increasingly, a number of influential members of Congress seem to believe they have some good ideas on how to make the FCC operate better.… Continue Reading
The Commission has posted its plans for an "orderly" shutdown of operations in the event the government closes tonight because of the budget impasse.… Continue Reading
Where there's a will, there's a way. According to a surprise announcement released early on April 1, the Commission is proceeding with incentive auctions "promptly", thanks to a new "Incentive Auction Incentive Program" that eliminates the need for Congressional authorization.… Continue Reading
The process toward a national EAS test has taken a bureaucratic step forward with publication of the FCC's February order in the Federal Register.… Continue Reading
The FCC has issued an erratum clarifying the due date for participants' reports following the recently-announced (but as yet unscheduled) nationwide EAS test.… Continue Reading
