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Every record this desk has filed under fcc, newest first, each with the number of sources it can still show you.
FCC removes broadcaster workforce-reporting rule after court found it lacked authority to require the data
The FCC's Media Bureau removed a broadcaster workforce-reporting rule effective November 3, conforming its regulations to a Fifth Circuit decision. The rule concerned annual employee race, ethnicity and gender data within specified job categories. The bureau says the reporting provision already had no legal effect after the court ruling, and its removal does not change the scope or nature of currently enforceable FCC requirements.
Also filed underbroadcastingworkforce-dataemploymentfederal-register
FCC adopts captioning filing exemptions for program suppliers, with start date delayed
An FCC final rule published October 26 adopts exemptions that, once effective, would let qualifying program suppliers rely on channel or network registrations and certifications. It does not remove their underlying captioning duties. November 25 is the general effective date, but the provisions creating the filing exemptions are delayed indefinitely while required information-collection review is completed.
Also filed underaccessibilityclosed-captioningtelevisionfederal-register
FCC revises robocall consent rules; a one-step 'revoke all' option remains a proposal
A final FCC rule scheduled for October 26 Federal Register publication will allow callers, once effective, to treat an informational opt-out as limited to that category and designate an exclusive revocation method. Telemarketing opt-outs still cover future telemarketing from that caller. A separate proposal asks about a one-step way to revoke all consent and a shorter processing deadline; neither proposal is an adopted requirement.
Also filed underrobocallsconsumer-protectionconsentprivacypublic-comments
The FCC asks whether the construction of communications facilities under a spectrum license is an 'undertaking' under historic-preservation law or an 'agency action' under the Endangered Species Act
The Federal Communications Commission published a notice October 19 that asks for comment on whether the construction of communications facilities connected with a spectrum license is an 'undertaking' requiring review under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, or an 'agency action' requiring review under the Endangered Species Act. The notice adopts no rule; it only seeks comment, and it proposes no end to tribal consultation. Comments, identified by WT Docket No. 25-217, are due November 18, 2026, and reply comments December 3, 2026.
Also filed undernepahistoric-preservationendangered-species-actwireless-infrastructure
FCC bureau adopts the forms providers of prison and jail phone and video calls must use to report 2025 costs by December 21
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics adopted the instructions, templates and certification form phone and video providers for people in prisons and jails must use to report their 2025 costs, in an order released September 21, 2026. Providers must file by December 21, 2026 — a compliance date, and one the order makes contingent on OMB finishing its Paperwork Reduction Act review. The bureaus point to the Commission's stated intent to set permanent rates in 2027. This order changes no one's phone bill today.
Also filed underprison-phone-callsincarcerated-peopletelecommunicationsdata-collection
FCC rules changing how phone companies retire copper lines and end landline service are set to take effect 14 days after a Federal Register notice scheduled for October 1
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau says the delayed parts of its rules for retiring copper lines and ending legacy voice service take effect 14 days after a Federal Register notice scheduled for October 1, which by this desk's count is October 15. The FCC says carriers must tell customers about a discontinuance application no later than the day they file it. Customers can object; an application that qualifies is granted automatically on the 31st day after the FCC's public notice unless the FCC says otherwise.
Also filed underlandlinescopper-retirementtelecommunicationsservice-discontinuancefederal-registerconsumer-notice
Two federal notices printed last week record things that happened years ago: a recall petition from 2024, and fraud convictions from 2019.
On September 11 the Federal Register published a General Motors petition asking to be excused from recalling about 10,241 model-year 2024 Cadillac XT4, Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon vehicles whose taillamps do not light with the parking lamps in one switch position. GM filed that petition on May 17, 2024; the public comment window it opens closes October 13, 2026. The same day's Register carried seven FCC notices barring people from the E-Rate school-internet subsidy for three years, for fraud convictions dated between 2019 and 2022. The FCC's letters point to new rules adopted on March 26, 2026. Neither document says why the gap was as long as it was.
Also filed underfederal-registernhtsarecallsgeneral-motorse-ratedebarmentfraudpublic-commentdated-terms
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