Open Commission Meeting Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish a framework to facilitate equal access to broadband internet access service by preventing digital discrimination of access and seek additional comment on matters pertaining to the Commission's administration of Section 60506 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and our efforts to facilitate equal access. 2...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION TITLE: Empowering Survivors of Domestic Violence (WC Docket No. 22-238), Lifeline and Link Up Reform Modernization (WC Docket No. 11-42), Affordable Connectivity Program (WC Docket No. 21-450). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would adopt rules to implement the Safe Connections Act of 2022 to help survivors of domestic violence and similar crimes separate lines from shared mobile accounts that include their abusers, protect the privacy of calls made by survivors to domestic abuse hotlines, and support survivors who face financial hardship through the Commission's affordability programs. 3...................... CONSUMER & TITLE: Understanding GOVERNMENTAL Impacts of Artificial AFFAIRS. Intelligence on Robocalls and Robotexts (CG Docket No. 23-362). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry seeking to better understand the implications of Artificial Intelligence technologies as part of the Commission's ongoing efforts to protect consumers from unwanted and illegal telephone calls and text messages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). 4...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION TITLE: Protecting Consumers from SIM Swapping and Port-Out Fraud (WC Docket No. 21- 341).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 220 (Thursday, November 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78749-78750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25297]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[FR ID 185218]
Open Commission Meeting Wednesday, November 15, 2023
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
the subjects listed below on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, which is
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of
the Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC.
While attendance at the Open Meeting is available to the public,
the FCC headquarters building is not open access and all guests must
check in with and be screened by FCC security at the main entrance on L
Street. Attendees at the Open Meeting will not be required to have an
appointment but must otherwise comply with protocols outlined at:
<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/visit">www.fcc.gov/visit</a>. Open Meetings are streamed live at: <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>
and on the FCC's YouTube channel.
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Item No. Bureau Subject
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1...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION TITLE: Preventing Digital
Discrimination (GN
Docket No. 22-69).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order and Further
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking to establish
a framework to
facilitate equal access
to broadband internet
access service by
preventing digital
discrimination of access
and seek additional
comment on matters
pertaining to the
Commission's
administration of
Section 60506 of the
Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act
and our efforts to
facilitate equal access.
2...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION TITLE: Empowering
Survivors of Domestic
Violence (WC Docket No.
22-238), Lifeline and
Link Up Reform
Modernization (WC Docket
No. 11-42), Affordable
Connectivity Program (WC
Docket No. 21-450).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order that would
adopt rules to implement
the Safe Connections Act
of 2022 to help
survivors of domestic
violence and similar
crimes separate lines
from shared mobile
accounts that include
their abusers, protect
the privacy of calls
made by survivors to
domestic abuse hotlines,
and support survivors
who face financial
hardship through the
Commission's
affordability programs.
3...................... CONSUMER & TITLE: Understanding
GOVERNMENTAL Impacts of Artificial
AFFAIRS. Intelligence on
Robocalls and Robotexts
(CG Docket No. 23-362).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Notice
of Inquiry seeking to
better understand the
implications of
Artificial Intelligence
technologies as part of
the Commission's ongoing
efforts to protect
consumers from unwanted
and illegal telephone
calls and text messages
under the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act
(TCPA).
4...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION TITLE: Protecting
Consumers from SIM
Swapping and Port-Out
Fraud (WC Docket No. 21-
341).
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SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order and Further
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking that would
adopt rules to protect
consumers from SIM swap
and port-out fraud, two
fraudulent practices
that bad actors use to
take control of
consumers' cell phones,
and would also seek
comment on whether to
harmonize the
Commission's existing
requirements governing
customer access to
customer proprietary
network information with
the new SIM change
authentication and
protection measures in
the Report and Order.
5...................... WIRELINE TELE- TITLE: Amending Amateur
COMMUNICATIONS. Radio Rules for Greater
Flexibility in Data
Communications (WT
Docket No. 16-239).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order and Further
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking that would
eliminate the symbol
rate (also known as baud
rate) limitation and
establish a bandwidth
limitation that would
provide flexibility to
use modern digital
emissions, thereby
promoting innovation and
experimentation in the
amateur service. The
item would also propose
removal of the baud rate
limitation in several
additional bands.
6...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION TITLE: Reducing
Regulatory Requirements
for Rural Provider of
Long-Distance Access
Service (WC Docket No.
22-407).
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider a
Declaratory Ruling and
Memorandum Opinion and
Order that would grant
the Minnesota
Independent Equal Access
Corporation (MIEAC)
relief from dominant
carrier regulation with
respect to its provision
of centralized equal
access (CEA) service,
and regulate MIEAC as a
non-dominant competitive
LEC for this service
going forward. In light
of declining demand,
intervening exchange
access service
regulatory reforms, and
technological changes in
the voice services
marketplace generally,
dominant carrier
regulation of MIEAC's
CEA service is no longer
necessary to serve the
public interest.
7...................... ENFORCEMENT......... TITLE: Enforcement Bureau
Action.
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider an
enforcement action.
8...................... ENFORCEMENT.........
9...................... ENFORCEMENT......... TITLE: Enforcement Bureau
Action.
SUMMARY: The Commission
will consider an
enforcement action.
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The meeting will be webcast at: <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>. 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c1a1f1f494c483c1a1f1f521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d4b4e4e181d196d4b4e4e034a425b">[email protected]</span></a> or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530.
Press Access--Members of the news media are welcome to attend the
meeting and will be provided reserved seating on a first-come, first-
served basis. Following the meeting, the Chairwoman may hold a news
conference in which she will take questions from credentialed members
of the press in attendance. Also, senior policy and legal staff will be
made available to the press in attendance for questions related to the
items on the meeting agenda. Commissioners may also choose to hold
press conferences. Press may also direct questions to the Office of
Media Relations (OMR): <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d507879747c4f78717c697472736e5d7b7e7e337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b567e7f727a497e777a6f727475685b7d7878357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>. Questions about
credentialing should be directed to OMR.
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 <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>.
Federal Communications Commission.
Dated: November 8, 2023.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-25297 Filed 11-15-23; 8:45 am]
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