[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 212 (Monday, November 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69327-69328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24151]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[FRS 17192]
Open Commission Meeting, Tuesday October 27, 2020
October 20, 2020.
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
the subjects listed below on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, which is
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. Due to the current COVID-19
pandemic and related agency telework and headquarters access policies,
this meeting will be in a wholly electronic format and will be open to
the public on the internet via live feed from the FCC's web page at
www.fcc.gov/live and on the FCC's YouTube channel.
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Item No. Bureau Subject
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1.................... WIRELINE COMPETITION. TITLE: Restoring Internet
Freedom (WC Docket No. 17-
108); Bridging the
Digital Divide for Low-
Income Consumers (WC
Docket No. 17-287);
Lifeline and Link Up
Reform and Modernization
(WC Docket No. 11-42).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider an Order on
Remand that would respond
to the remand from the
U.S. Court of Appeals for
the D.C. Circuit and
conclude that the
Restoring Internet
Freedom Order promotes
public safety,
facilitates broadband
infrastructure
deployment, and allows
the Commission to
continue to provide
Lifeline support for
broadband Internet access
service.
2.................... WIRELINE COMPETITION. TITLE: Establishing a 5G
Fund for Rural America
(GN Docket No. 20-32).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order that would
establish a $9 billion 5G
Fund for Rural America to
ensure that all Americans
have access to the next
generation of wireless
connectivity.
3.................... OFFICE F ENGINEERING TITLE: Increasing
AND TECHNOLOGY. Unlicensed Wireless
Opportunities in TV White
Spaces (ET Docket No. 20-
36).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order that would
increase opportunities
for unlicensed white
space devices to operate
on broadcast television
channels 2-35 and expand
wireless broadband
connectivity in rural and
underserved areas.
4.................... WIRELESS TELE- TITLE: Streamlining State
COMMUNICATIONS. and Local Approval of
Certain Wireless
Structure Modifications
(WT Docket No. 19-250; RM-
11849).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order that would
further accelerate the
deployment of 5G by
providing that
modifications to existing
towers involving limited
ground excavation or
deployment would be
subject to streamlined
state and local review
pursuant to section
6409(a) of the Spectrum
Act of 2012.
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5.................... MEDIA................ TITLE: All-Digital AM
Broadcasting (MB Docket
No. 19-311);
Revitalization of the AM
Radio Service (MB Docket
No. 13-249).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order that would
authorize AM stations to
transition to an all-
digital signal on a
voluntary basis and would
also adopt technical
specifications for such
stations.
6.................... MEDIA................ TITLE: Video Description:
Implementation of the
Twenty-First Century
Communications and Video
Accessibility Act of 2010
(MB Docket No. 11-43).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order that would
expand audio description
requirements to 40
additional television
markets over the next
four years in order to
increase the amount of
video programming that is
accessible to blind and
visually impaired
Americans.
7.................... WIRELINE COMPETITION. TITLE: Modernizing
Unbundling and Resale
Requirements in an Era of
Next-Generation Networks
and Services (WC Docket
No. 19-308).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order that would
modernize the
Commission's unbundling
and resale regulations,
eliminating requirements
where they stifle
broadband deployment and
the transition to next-
generation networks, but
preserving them where
they are still necessary
to promote robust
intermodal competition.
8.................... ENFORCEMENT.......... TITLE: Enforcement Bureau
Action.
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider an
enforcement action.
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The meeting will be webcast with open captioning at: www.fcc.gov/live. Open captioning will be provided as well as a text only version
on the FCC website. 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: fcc504@fcc.gov or call
the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530.
Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500. 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.
[FR Doc. 2020-24151 Filed 10-30-20; 8:45 am]
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