FCC Holds First In-Person Meeting Since Shifting to Remote Work
FCC commissioners held their monthly meeting Wednesday at the agency’s new headquarters for the first time, making it the first in-person meeting for commissioners since the COVID-19 pandemic caused the agency to shift to remote work. "We hope to use…
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today's open meeting as a first step toward welcoming the agency and the public into our new building," Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said at the meeting, which was also in part held virtually. Media and the public were barred from attending in person. The hybrid meeting, which combined in-person commissioners and staff appearing by videoconference, was the first in the FCC’s new meeting room in their new headquarters in Washington's NoMa district. The hybrid set-up was intended to assess the possibility of returning to in-person open meetings, Rosenworcel said on a post-meeting press call. She didn’t say if the April meeting will be in-person or hybrid or return to all virtual but said she wants to get back to physical open meetings “as soon as safely possible.”