FCC Expected to Provide First Relief on Filing Deadlines Due to COVID-19
The FCC is expected to issue an order soon delaying one or more filing deadlines during COVID-19. Commissioner Brendan Carr said last week relief may be on the way (see 2003190049). The FCC has delayed deadlines in the past when…
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the government closed. Here, the delay would help commenters caught up in the pandemic. An extension is expected soon on the FCC’s net neutrality refresh, with filings now due April 29, after various groups complained (see 2003120070) because one topic is how the reclassification of broadband service affects public safety, a key issue to state and local governments dealing with the coronavirus, industry officials said. Unclear is whether the FCC will extend other deadlines.