White House Temporarily Pauses All Federal Financial Assistance Programs
The White House has ordered a temporary pause on all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government in order for each...
Enhanced Transparency Rule Effective January 17, 2017, Unlikely to Be Enforced Against Small Business...
The FCC’s enhanced Transparency Rule, which was adopted in the 2015 Open Internet (Net Neutrality) Order and covers both content and format of disclosures...
Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill into Law
President Biden has signed the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) into law, which among other funding programs, will...
FCC Raises Definition of Broadband to 25 Mbps, Declares U.S. Broadband Deployment Inadequate
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its 2015 Broadband Progress Report in which it concludes that broadband is not being deployed to all...
FCC Expands Use of OTARDs to Fixed Wireless Broadband-Only Providers
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) has released a Report and Order updating its rules regarding over-the-air-reception devices (OTARD). The new...
CAF Phase II Auction Ramping Up with 220 Applicants Approved, Some by Eligibility Waivers
The FCC has approved 220 applicants to participate in the July 24, 2018 Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II auction (Auction 903) for long-term...
FY 2019 Auctions Previewed
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) released a forecast of FCC auctions set to take place in fiscal year (FY) 2019 beginning September 30,...
Bureau Releases A-CAM Version 2.1
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released Version 2.1 of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM v2.1), which contains study area-specific plant...
SAS Administrators for 3.5 GHz Band Conditionally Approved
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) have conditionally approved seven entities as Spectrum Access System (SAS) Administrators...
White House Calls for Strong Open Internet Rules and Title II Reclassification
In a statement from the White House, President Obama has entered the Open Internet (or net neutrality) debate by calling for the FCC to...
