[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57731-57732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23497]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Open Commission Meeting, Friday, October 25, 2019

October 18, 2019.
    The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on 
the subjects listed below on Friday, October 25, 2019, which is 
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street 
SW, Washington, DC.

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           Item No.                   Bureau              Subject
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1.............................  Wireline           Title: Connect
                                 Competition.       America Fund (WC
                                                    Docket No. 10-90).
                                                   Summary: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider an Order on
                                                    Reconsideration that
                                                    would ensure that
                                                    carriers receiving
                                                    high-cost universal
                                                    service support to
                                                    deploy rural
                                                    broadband are
                                                    accountable to
                                                    consumers,
                                                    taxpayers, and the
                                                    Commission, while
                                                    providing
                                                    flexibility for
                                                    smaller carriers, by
                                                    making targeted
                                                    modifications to the
                                                    testing procedures
                                                    that carriers must
                                                    use to show that
                                                    their networks
                                                    perform at the
                                                    Commission's speed
                                                    and latency
                                                    standards.

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2.............................  Wireline           Title: BellSouth's
                                 Competition.       Petition for
                                                    Declaratory Ruling
                                                    Regarding the
                                                    Commission's
                                                    Definition of
                                                    Interconnected VoIP
                                                    in 47 C.F.R. 9.3 and
                                                    the Prohibition on
                                                    State Imposition of
                                                    911 Charges on VoIP
                                                    Customers in 47
                                                    U.S.C. 615a-1(f)(1)
                                                    (WC Docket No. 19-
                                                    44); Petition for
                                                    Declaratory Ruling
                                                    in Response to
                                                    Primary Jurisdiction
                                                    Referral, Autauga
                                                    County Emergency
                                                    Management
                                                    Communication
                                                    District et al. v.
                                                    BellSouth
                                                    Telecommunications,
                                                    LLC, No. 2:15-cx-
                                                    00765-SGC (N.D.
                                                    Ala.).
                                                   Summary: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider a
                                                    Declaratory Ruling
                                                    that clarifies
                                                    section 6(f)(1) of
                                                    the New and Emerging
                                                    Technologies 911
                                                    Improvement Act of
                                                    2008 and ensures
                                                    regulatory parity in
                                                    911 fees between
                                                    VoIP services and
                                                    traditional
                                                    telecommunications
                                                    services.
3.............................  Media............  Title: Use of Common
                                                    Antenna Site--
                                                    Sections 73.239 and
                                                    73.635 (MB Docket
                                                    No. 19-282);
                                                    Modernization of
                                                    Media Regulation
                                                    Initiative (MB
                                                    Docket No. 17-105).
                                                   Summary: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider a Notice of
                                                    Proposed Rulemaking
                                                    that seeks comment
                                                    on whether the
                                                    common antenna
                                                    siting rules for FM
                                                    and TV broadcaster
                                                    applicants and
                                                    licensees are
                                                    necessary given the
                                                    current broadcasting
                                                    marketplace.
4.............................  Media............  Title: Petition for
                                                    Determination of
                                                    Effective
                                                    Competition in 32
                                                    Massachusetts
                                                    Communities and
                                                    Kauai, HI (HI0011)
                                                    (MB Docket No. 18-
                                                    283).
                                                   Summary: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider a
                                                    Memorandum Opinion
                                                    and Order that
                                                    grants the petition
                                                    of Charter and finds
                                                    that Charter faces
                                                    effective
                                                    competition in
                                                    providing cables
                                                    services in
                                                    franchise areas in
                                                    Massachusetts and
                                                    Hawaii.
5.............................  Wireline           Title: Reform of
                                 Competition.       Certain Part 61
                                                    Tariff Rules (WC
                                                    Docket No. 18-276);
                                                    Petitions for
                                                    Limited Waiver of
                                                    Rule 61.74(a) (WC
                                                    Docket No. 17-308).
                                                   Summary: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider a Report
                                                    and Order that would
                                                    amend its tariffing
                                                    rules to better
                                                    align them with the
                                                    reality of easy
                                                    electronic access to
                                                    tariff filings.
6.............................  Public Safety &    Title: Improving
                                 Homeland           Public Safety
                                 Security.          Communications in
                                                    the 800 MHz Band (WT
                                                    Docket No. 02-55).
                                                   Summary: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider an Order
                                                    and Sixth Further
                                                    Notice of Proposed
                                                    Rulemaking that
                                                    would streamline
                                                    rules and procedures
                                                    to expedite the
                                                    successful
                                                    completion of the
                                                    800 MHz band
                                                    reconfiguration
                                                    initiative, lower
                                                    program costs and
                                                    administrative
                                                    burdens, and
                                                    continue to
                                                    alleviate
                                                    interference to
                                                    public safety
                                                    licensees.
7.............................  Office of          Title: Personnel
                                 Managing           Action #19-34.
                                 Director.
                                                   Summary: The
                                                    Commission will
                                                    consider a personnel
                                                    action.
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    The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or 
other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and 
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable 
accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. 
In your request, include a description of the accommodation you will 
need and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last 
minute requests will be accepted but may be impossible to fill. Send an 
email to: [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 
Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
    Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from 
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500; TTY 1-888-835-5322. 
Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open 
captioning over the internet from the FCC Live web page at www.fcc.gov/live.

Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-23497 Filed 10-25-19; 8:45 am]
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