Federal Register Resumes Issuing FCC Notifications After Hiatus
The Federal Register ran two FCC NPRM notices Thursday, the first since the agency mostly shut Jan. 2 and subsequent resumption of operations Monday. The Office of the Federal Register said it couldn’t discuss any FCC backlog but has seen…
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“a significant increase” in document submissions since Monday over what it usually would get during a three- or four-day span. It said 80 percent of the pending documents have been submitted since 8:45 a.m. Monday. The FCC didn't comment. Comments are due Feb. 15 on Ion’s request to change the community of license for Tennessee’s WNPX Cookeville to Franklin, replies Feb. 25. Comments are due March 18, replies April 16 on a draft NPRM for an optional unified license that covers satellites and earth stations in a geostationary fixed satellite service network, and repealing or streamlining some annual reporting requirements of satellite operators.