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Topics selected for FCC open meeting agendas will be posted approximately three weeks prior to the next monthly meeting.
Topics selected for FCC open meeting agendas will be posted approximately three weeks prior to the next monthly meeting.
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced that the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the January Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 25, 2024.
As broadband buildout continues, the number of Americans who remain offline is increasingly made up of people who aren’t buying a subscription even though a network reaches their house. As the deployment side of the digital divide dwindles, the adoption side needs more targeted assistance to help people overcome barriers keeping them offline.
At this meeting, Disability Advisory Committee members are expected to (i) discuss a working group report and recommendation on the transmittal of audio description files to Internet Protocol programming; (ii) receive updates from the working groups on quality Telecommunications Relay Services for individuals with multiple disabilities, and best practices for the use of artificial intelligence to caption live video programming; and (iii) any other topics relevant to the DAC’s work.
Republican senators want to stop the FCC from updating data-breach notification rules
It has come to our attention that the Federal Communications Commission intends to vote on a Report and Order that would violate Congress’ Resolution of Disapproval vitiating the FCC’s 2016 Broadband Privacy Order. Since the FCC has no authority to ignore Congress’ exercise of the Congressional Review Act (CRA), we urge you to withdraw the draft Report and Order to avoid resurrecting substantially similar parts of the 2016 Broadband Privacy Order that Congress nullified. The FCC’s proposed rules in the Report and Order are clearly “substantially similar” to the nullified 2016 rules.
Witnesses
Director Helena Fu, Director of Critical and Emerging Technology, Office of the Undersecretary for Science, Department of Energy
The voice of the public has generally been left out of policy debates on the governance of AI. In October 2023, Syracuse University Professor Baobao Zhang partnered with the Center for New Democratic Processes (CNDP) to conduct the Public Assembly on High Risk AI (AI Assembly).
The FirstNet Authority will post a detailed agenda for the Combined Board and Board Committees Meeting on FirstNet.gov prior to the meeting. The agenda topics are subject to change. Please note that the subjects discussed by the Board and Board Committees may involve commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential, or other legal matters affecting the FirstNet Authority. As such, the Board may, by majority vote, close the meeting only for the time necessary to preserve the confidentiality of such information.
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a virtual informal hearing on January 16, 2024, on the proposed amendments to the Negative Option Rule.
During the hearing, which will be open to the public and viewable on the FTC’s website, six nongovernmental organizations will provide oral statements addressing issues raised to date during the rulemaking process.