FCC Announces January Open Meeting Agenda

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced that the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the January 2022 Open Commission Meeting:

• Arming consumers with more information to help pick their broadband provider – The FCC will consider a proposal to establish simple-to-understand broadband labels, whereby internet providers would disclose accurate information about prices, introductory rates, data allowances, and broadband speeds.
• Connecting Tribal libraries – Some Tribal libraries have been shut off from E-Rate support because they didn’t meet the technical definition of a library in the FCC’s rules. The FCC will vote on an Order to fix this problem and help get more support for broadband in Tribal communities.
• Updating our political programming and record-keeping rules – The FCC will be voting on updated political programming and recordkeeping rules that are designed to comply with statutory requirements and account for modern campaign practices.
• Facilitating better use of “white space” spectrum – White space devices operate in the unlicensed airwaves between broadcast TV channels and can deliver valuable wireless services such as broadband data to rural areas. The FCC will vote to simplify our rules and provide additional regulatory certainty to white space device users, manufacturers, and database administrators.
• Modernizing our equipment authorization rules – The FCC will consider targeted updates to our rules to incorporate newly adopted standards for the testing of equipment and the accreditation of laboratories that test wireless devices.
• The FCC will consider an adjudicatory matter from the Media Bureau.
• The FCC will consider a national security item.
• The FCC will consider an item from our Enforcement Bureau.