[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9315-9316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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