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December 12, 2018
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune and Markey Applaud FCC Reassigned Number Database December 12 2018 WASHINGTON U S Sens John Thune R S D chairman of the Senate...Protection Act of 1991 issued the following joint statement on the Federal Communications Commission s FCC report and order creating a reassigned numbers database to help consumers avoid unwanted robocalls...In July Sens Thune and Markey sent a letter to Chairman Ajit Pai outlining an opportunity for the FCC to take action and better protect consumers from unwanted robocalls and robotexts Last month Sens Thune...
November 27, 2018
other independent agencies should draw Too often agencies like the Federal Communications Commission FCC or the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC get mired in competing individual ideological agendas...
November 21, 2018
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune and Markey Applaud FCC Action on Reassigned Number Database November 21 2018 WASHINGTON U S Sens John Thune R S D chairman...Protection Act of 1991 issued the following joint statement on the Federal Communications Commission s FCC draft order for a comprehensive database of reassigned telephone numbers to help consumers avoid unwanted...In July Sens Thune and Markey sent a letter to Chairman Ajit Pai outlining an opportunity for the FCC to take action and better protect consumers from unwanted robocalls and robotexts Earlier this month...
November 16, 2018
Federal Communications Commission FCC to levy civil penalties of up to 10 000 per call who intentionally flout telemarketing restrictions Extends the window for the FCC to catch and take civil enforcement...intentional violations to three years after a robocall is placed Under current law the FCC has only one year to do so and the FCC has told the committee that even a one year longer statute of limitations for enforcement...enforcement would improve enforcement against willful violators Brings together the Department of Justice FCC Federal Trade Commission FTC Department of Commerce Department of State Department of Homeland Security...
October 4, 2018
place for over 80 years In fulfilling this mission one of the most critical programs overseen by the FCC is the Universal Service Fund s High Cost program It has been more than a year since Chairman Pai Commissioner...percentage of cost recovery for high cost areas Since that time however the cuts resulting from the FCC s budget control mechanism have increased by almost 25 percent 25 percent There has been no economic...communities like Pierre South Dakota or Ocean Pointe Hawaii Yankton South Dakota or Yakima Washington The FCC has not conducted an analysis of what insufficient and unpredictable funding is doing to the companies...
August 16, 2018
Commission FCC at 10 00 a m on Thursday August 16 2018 As part of the committee s oversight responsibilities this hearing will examine policy issues before the Commission and review the FCC s ongoing duties...economy to expanding rural broadband access combatting robocalls and reviewing the media landscape the FCC and its operations are critically important said Thune This hearing will offer Senators the opportunity...hearing on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission FCC At prior oversight hearings I have stressed the importance of reauthorizing the FCC something that hadn t been done in nearly 30 years Reversing...
July 30, 2018
Commission FCC at 10 00 a m on Thursday August 16 2018 As part of the committee s oversight responsibilities this hearing will examine policy issues before the Commission and review the FCC s ongoing duties...economy to expanding rural broadband access combatting robocalls and reviewing the media landscape the FCC and its operations are critically important said Thune This hearing will offer Senators the opportunity...
July 25, 2018
generation wireless networks will require efficient use of the low mid and high bands of spectrum The FCC acting in a bipartisan manner has moved forward with bold proposals to make thousands of megahertz...initial deployment of 5G Both the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC have taken important steps in the last several months to make mid band spectrum available But the fact...this regard and represents a serious threat to American leadership of next generation technology The FCC s current proceeding on the 3 7 to 4 2 GHz band is considering new approaches to get mid band spectrum...
July 19, 2018
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune and Markey Outline Opportunity for FCC Action on Reassigned Numbers Database to Combat Unwanted Robocalls and Robotexts July 19 2018 WASHINGTON...the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 today in a letter to Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Ajit Pai shared their vision for how an upcoming rulemaking can better protect consumers who...consumers but they may also create liabilities for calling parties The letter went on to describe for FCC consideration the two senators vision for a comprehensive database of reassigned phone numbers to help...
June 27, 2018
established staggered terms for the commission We ve seen this before with stacked nominations for the FCC and I certainly don t hold it against the nominees but it needs to stop These agencies are supposed...consumers at the FCC I hope that the Senate will move quickly on Mr Starks s nomination so that he can begin partnering with Commissioner Rosenworcel to fight against the dismantling of the FCC s core principles...
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