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USF News: U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit Decision in Consumers' Research v. FCC
On March 24, 2023, in Consumers’ Research v. FCC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a Decision (No. 22-60008) upholding the constitutionality of Congress’s delegation of administration of the…
FCC Open Meeting Recap: March 2023 Part 1
On today’s episode of Full Spectrum, Hank Kelly will be discussing the FCC’s adopted order to block spam texts and another order intended to improve caller ID authentication. Second, special counsel Mike Dover will…
FCC Announces Grants in the ACP and Teases Upcoming New Online ACP Application Release
In November 2022, the FCC published a Notice of Funding Opportunity ( NOFO ) seeking community partners to develop outreach programs to promote awareness of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) among eligible…
Reconsideration of Subscriber-Level ACP Data Collection
A key aspect of the FCC’s ACP Transparency Data Collection rules may be in doubt if the FCC takes up a recent petition for reconsideration. In its Fourth Report and Order and FNPRM, the FCC adopted an aggregate-level…
This Week in NPRMs: Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Data Privacy
This week on the Full Spectrum podcast, Communications partner Chip Yorkgitis discusses the FCC’s recent Notice of Proposed Ruling on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (0:51:-15:16), and Privacy partner Aaron Burstein…