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What is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the U.S. federal government’s regulatory agency for the majority of telecommunications activity within the country. The FCC oversees radio, television, telephone, satellite, and cable communications, and its primary statutory goal is to expand U.S. citizens’ access to telecommunications services.

The Commission is organized into 7 bureaus:

  • Consumer & Governmental Affairs
  • Enforcement
  • Media
  • Space
  • Wireless Telecommunications
  • Wireline Competition
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security

As an agency, the FCC receives its high-level directives from Congressional legislation and is empowered by that legislation to establish legal rules the industry must follow.

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COAC to Meet on December 1, 2005
November 17, 2005 |Top News

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a notice announcing that the next meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) will be held on December 1, 2005 in Washington, DC. (This committee was previously called the "Treasury Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service.")

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
November 14, 2005 |Top News

The Wall Street Journal reports that a Japanese food safety panel said the risk of mad cow disease entering Japan through imported U.S. beef is very low, removing one of the final barriers to resuming partial beef imports and to ending a 22-month dispute between Japan and the U.S. According to the article, the recommendation increases the possibility that U.S. beef exports to Japan could resume by the end of the year. (WSJ dated 11/01/05, www.wsj.com.)