{"description":"Documents matching 'obligation register commission certify captioning'","count":1279,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=obligation+register+commission+certify+captioning&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Closed Captioning of Video Programming","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to amend its closed captioning rules to relieve video programmers that provide programming exclusively to Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) channels that are exempt from the closed captioning requirements from the obligation to register with the Commission and certify captioning compliance. In addition, for programming carried on nonbroadcast networks for distribution by a cable operator or other multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD), the Commission proposes that captioning registration and certification requirements shall not apply to the providers of such programming if the network itself certifies that it is exempt or that all programming comprising the network's linear line-up is either exempt from or compliant with the closed captioning rules. This action is intended to simplify compliance procedures and reduce administrative costs for video programmers, without compromising the quality and availability of closed captioning.","document_number":"2024-17071","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/02/2024-17071/closed-captioning-of-video-programming","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-02/pdf/2024-17071.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-17071.pdf?1722516330","publication_date":"2024-08-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Communications <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> (<span class=\"match\">Commission</span>) proposes to amend its closed <span class=\"match\">captioning</span> rules to relieve video programmers that provide programming exclusively to Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) channels that are exempt from the closed <span class=\"match\">captioning</span> requirements from the <span class=\"match\">obligation</span> to <span class=\"match\">register</span> with the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> and <span class=\"match\">certify</span> <span class=\"match\">captioning</span> compliance. In addition, for programming carried on nonbroadcast networks for distribution by a cable operator or other multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD), the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> proposes that <span class=\"match\">captioning</span> registration"},{"title":"Internet-Based Telecommunications Relay Service Modernization","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to modernize its telecommunications relay services (TRS) rules and seeks comment on the use of automatic speech recognition (ASR) for speech-to- text conversion and advanced text-to-speech technologies for Internet Protocol (IP) Relay Service; the need for metrics for IP Relay quality; the compatibility of IP Relay with Real-Time Text (RTT) technology; adding captioning functionality to Video Relay Service (VRS) platforms; amending VRS calling rules for calls to U.S. embassies and consulates by U.S. residents while traveling abroad; adjusting VRS call center requirements; streamlining TRS provider certification and user registration processes; updating or eliminating obsolete rules; and closing outdated dockets. With these proposals, the Commission presents targeted reforms that align internet-based TRS with twenty-first century technological advancements in relay services that can better serve the needs of persons with disabilities while securing the viability and enhancing the effectiveness and functional equivalency of internet-based TRS.","document_number":"2026-05213","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/17/2026-05213/internet-based-telecommunications-relay-service-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-17/pdf/2026-05213.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05213.pdf?1773665121","publication_date":"2026-03-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"to provide user interface controls, which permit users to activate and adjust the display of <span class=\"match\">captions</span>. The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> seeks comment on adopting a similar requirement that users be able to activate and adjust the display of <span class=\"match\">captions</span>, allowing them to alter the size, font, and on-screen location of <span class=\"match\">captions</span>, and adjust the color and opacity of both the <span class=\"match\">captions</span> and the <span class=\"match\">caption</span> background. The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> assumes that this measure aligns with the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> broader goal of empowering individuals with disabilities through independent user control over"},{"title":"Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.","document_number":"2026-07356","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/16/2026-07356/information-collection-being-reviewed-by-the-federal-communications-commission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-16/pdf/2026-07356.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07356.pdf?1776257112","publication_date":"2026-04-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Federal Communications <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> (FCC or <span class=\"match\">Commission</span>) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span>, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC, Commission, or Agency) proposes to modify an existing system of records, FCC/CGB-4, internet-based Telecommunications Relay Service-User Registration Database (ITRS-URD) Program, subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the agency. The ITRS-URD's system of records contains personally identifiable information (PII) that is collected, used, stored, and maintained to support the administration, management, operations, and functions of the ITRS programs. The ITRS-URD, which is administered by a third party under contract with the FCC, is a database registration system that provides a necessary interface for multiple ITRS services, which include, but are not limited to Video Relay Service (VRS) and internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS). These services are available to individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities, who are eligible under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and who register to participate in a TRS program. This modification makes various formatting changes, the addition of one new routine uses, as well as the revision of existing routine uses.","document_number":"2026-03742","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03742/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-25/pdf/2026-03742.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03742.pdf?1771940712","publication_date":"2026-02-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"SYSTEM: \n Individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities, and who are eligible under the ADA to <span class=\"match\">register</span> for one or more of the ITRS program's multiple services; representatives of <span class=\"match\">certified</span> ITRS Program providers; individuals who are <span class=\"match\">registered</span> and currently receiving ITRS Program services; and/or individuals who are minors whose status makes them eligible for a parent or guardian to <span class=\"match\">register</span> them for ITRS program services. \n CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: \n \n Electronic records regarding ITRS participants, subscribers"},{"title":"Price Cap Business Data Services; Regulation of Business Data Services for Rate-of-Return Local Exchange Carriers","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on its proposed rules to eliminate rate regulation and tariffing obligations for business data services provided by incumbent local exchange carriers in light of technological and marketplace changes and recent Executive Orders and Commission initiatives. The Commission alternatively seeks comment on updates to its regulatory framework and competitive market tests to better align with current market conditions based on current data.","document_number":"2025-16981","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/04/2025-16981/price-cap-business-data-services-regulation-of-business-data-services-for-rate-of-return-local","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-04/pdf/2025-16981.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16981.pdf?1756903514","publication_date":"2025-09-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Proposed rule. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n In this document, the Federal Communications <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> (<span class=\"match\">Commission</span>) seeks comment on its proposed rules to eliminate rate regulation and tariffing <span class=\"match\">obligations</span> for business data services provided by incumbent local exchange carriers in light of technological and marketplace changes and recent Executive Orders and <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> initiatives. The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> alternatively seeks comment on updates to its regulatory framework and competitive market tests to better align with current market conditions based on current"},{"title":"Semiannual Reporting","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is proposing amendments to allow companies to file semiannual reports on new Form 10-S in lieu of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q to meet their interim reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\"). The Commission is also proposing changes to the financial statement requirements of Regulation S-X to facilitate semiannual reporting and to simplify rules regarding the age of financial statements.","document_number":"2026-09095","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/07/2026-09095/semiannual-reporting","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-07/pdf/2026-09095.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09095.pdf?1778071532","publication_date":"2026-05-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"the years, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> at times has reassessed the current periodic reporting system, its impact on Exchange Act reporting companies, and potential alternatives including semiannual reporting. Most recently, as part of the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> disclosure effectiveness review, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> issued two releases that addressed and requested public comment on the frequency of interim reporting.\n 40 \n \n In July 2019, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> also held a roundtable that discussed issues including the frequency of periodic reporting.\n 41 \n \n The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> received significant"},{"title":"Analog Telecommunications Relay Service Modernization","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to modernize its telecommunications relay services (TRS) rules and seeks comment on phasing out the mandatory status of traditional TTY-based relay services (TTY Relay) under state TRS programs; recognizing additional forms of internet-based TRS, such as internet Protocol Speech-to-Speech (IP STS) and real-time text (RTT)-based relay as compensable forms of TRS; establishing a temporary, national certification process for analog relay providers and user registration and verification requirements; and updating or eliminating obsolete rules to all forms of TRS. Through these proposals, the Commission aims to align TRS with today's communications landscape, better serve the needs of relay users, ensure the continued availability of TRS through the transition from legacy communications network, to modern, IP-based networks, and continue to protect the integrity of the TRS program through the prevention of waste, fraud, and abuse.","document_number":"2025-24210","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/02/2025-24210/analog-telecommunications-relay-service-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-02/pdf/2025-24210.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24210.pdf?1767188718","publication_date":"2026-01-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> is directed to set the requirements for ensuring the provision of TRS and for <span class=\"match\">certifying</span> state programs. Further, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> determined that TRS were not limited to TTY Relay, and set guidelines for whether a particular type of TRS must be included within a state TRS program. The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> believes a common carrier remains compliant with its <span class=\"match\">obligation</span> to offer TRS so long as its interstate TRS offerings align both with the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> TRS rules and, where applicable, a state TRS program <span class=\"match\">certified</span> under the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> rules"},{"title":"Review of the Commission's Rules Governing the 896-901/935-940 MHz Band","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In the document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on a proposed voluntary, negotiation-based process to transition the entire ten megahertz in the 900 MHz band for broadband use in counties where applicants and licensees reach private agreements to do so. In order to implement this proposed framework, the Commission seeks comment on whether the current 900 MHz broadband rules, such as the eligibility criteria, application requirements and procedures, licensing and operating rules, and technical requirements, are the appropriate vehicles for effectuating a ten megahertz broadband licensing framework. Additionally, pursuant to the Order, the Commission delegates to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau of the Commission the authority to modify or terminate the current freeze on certain applications in the 900 MHz band.","document_number":"2025-04008","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/17/2025-04008/review-of-the-commissions-rules-governing-the-896-901935-940-mhz-band","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-17/pdf/2025-04008.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04008.pdf?1741956311","publication_date":"2025-03-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"5/5 megahertz broadband. The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> seeks comment on these proposals, and alternatives. The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> also seeks comment on whether narrowband licensees should be required to file Transition Plans. Further, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> proposes that the 5/5 broadband license applicant include in its Transition Plan a certification from a FCC-<span class=\"match\">certified</span> frequency coordinator that the Transition Plan's representations can be implemented consistent with <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> rules and seeks comment on this proposal. Finally, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> proposes that applicants seeking"},{"title":"Modernizing Suspension and Debarment Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts the Office of Management and Budget's Guidance for Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension, along with agency-specific regulations to allow the agency to further combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and remove bad actors from participation in its support programs. The Commission finds further notice and comment \"unnecessary\" under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) for the Commission to adopt the Guidelines (including updates made after the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding), but elect to provide an opportunity for input on that assessment as to three of the Guidelines. A Proposed Rule relating to the Commission's adoption of updated suspension and debarment rules is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.","document_number":"2026-06864","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06864/modernizing-suspension-and-debarment-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-09/pdf/2026-06864.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06864.pdf?1775652316","publication_date":"2026-04-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"an NAL. Section 504(c) provides that “[i]n any case where the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> issues a notice of apparent liability . . . that fact shall not be used, in any other proceeding before the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> . . . to the prejudice of the person to whom such notice was issued . . . .” To be clear, section 504(c)'s prohibition on using NALs is limited to the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> use of “that fact”—\n i.e., \n the issuance of the NAL. The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> has previously addressed this issue in the 1999 \n <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> Forfeiture Policy Statement \n and explained that “[t]he statute"},{"title":"Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-Spring 2025","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5 U.S.C 601- 612) the Federal Communications Commission is required to publish a regulatory flexibility agenda twice-yearly in the Federal Register describing any regulatory proceedings under development or review which are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 5 U.S.C. 602. In addition, Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review (Sep. 30, 1993), requires each agency to publish, twice yearly, a regulatory agenda (Agenda) of regulations under development or review during the next year which will be included in the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993). The Agenda required by Executive Order 12866 must include all regulations the agency expects to develop or review during the next 12 months, regardless of whether they may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. E.O. 12866 provides that agencies may combine this agenda with the regulatory flexibility agenda required under the RFA. To help keep the public informed of significant rulemaking proceedings and meet its obligations under the RFA and E.O. 12866, the Commission has prepared Agenda entries providing a brief description and summary of each regulatory activity that is currently planned for the 12 months, subject to revision, including the objectives and legal basis for each, and the name and telephone number of an agency official who is knowledgeable about items in the agenda. The Commission's Agenda entries published in the Federal Register are only those entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities pursuant to the RFA. The Commission's complete list of regulatory and deregulatory actions for the Unified Agenda will be published on the internet in a searchable format at www.reginfo.gov.","document_number":"2025-18318","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/22/2025-18318/unified-agenda-of-federal-regulatory-and-deregulatory-actions-spring-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-22/pdf/2025-18318.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18318.pdf?1758285917","publication_date":"2025-09-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Office, Federal Communications <span class=\"match\">Commission</span>, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554 \n Phone: 202 418-1264 \n \n Email: \n michael.scott@fcc.gov \n \n RIN: 3060-AI15 \n 195. CLOSED-<span class=\"match\">CAPTIONING</span> OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING; CG DOCKET NOS. 05-231 AND 06-181 (SECTION 610 REVIEW) [3060-AI72] \n Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 613 \n Abstract: The <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> closed-<span class=\"match\">captioning</span> rules are designed to make video programming more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans. This proceeding has resolved issues regarding the quality of closed-<span class=\"match\">captioning</span>. Further action is required"},{"title":"Registration for Index-Linked Annuities and Registered Market Value Adjustment Annuities; Amendments To Form N-4 for Index-Linked Annuities, Registered Market Value Adjustment Annuities, and Variable Annuities; Other Technical Amendments","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is adopting rule and form amendments to provide a tailored form to register the offerings of registered index-linked annuities (\"RILAs\"). Specifically, the Commission is amending the form currently used by most variable annuity separate accounts, Form N-4, to require issuers of RILAs to register offerings on that form as well. To facilitate this amendment, the Commission is also amending certain filing rules and making other related amendments. These changes will implement the requirements relating to RILAs contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The Commission is also extending the registration, filing, and disclosure requirements that the Commission is adopting for RILA offerings to the offerings of registered market value adjustment annuities. Further, the Commission is adopting other amendments to Form N-4 that will apply to all issuers that use that form. The Commission is applying to RILA and registered market value adjustment annuity advertisements and sales literature a current Commission rule that provides guidance as to when sales literature is materially misleading under the Federal securities laws. Finally, the Commission is adopting technical amendments to Forms N-6 and N-3 to correct errors from prior Commission rulemakings.","document_number":"2024-14925","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/24/2024-14925/registration-for-index-linked-annuities-and-registered-market-value-adjustment-annuities-amendments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-24/pdf/2024-14925.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14925.pdf?1721738713","publication_date":"2024-07-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Final rule. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n The Securities and Exchange <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> (“<span class=\"match\">Commission</span>”) is adopting rule and form amendments to provide a tailored form to <span class=\"match\">register</span> the offerings of <span class=\"match\">registered</span> index-linked annuities (“RILAs”). Specifically, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> is amending the form currently used by most variable annuity separate accounts, Form N-4, to require issuers of RILAs to <span class=\"match\">register</span> offerings on that form as well. To facilitate this amendment, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> is also amending certain filing rules and making other related amendments. These changes"},{"title":"Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it can further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.","document_number":"2026-12197","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12197/information-collections-being-submitted-for-review-and-approval-to-office-of-management-and-budget","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12197.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12197.pdf?1781613916","publication_date":"2026-06-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"and IP Relay providers to: <span class=\"match\">register</span> each user who selects the provider as his or her default provider, including obtaining a self-certification from each user; verify the accuracy of each user's registration information; provision and maintain their <span class=\"match\">registered</span> users' routing information to the TRS Numbering Directory; place their users' <span class=\"match\">Registered</span> Location and certain callback information in Automatic Location Information (ALI) databases across the country and provide a means for their users to update their <span class=\"match\">Registered</span> Locations; include advisories"},{"title":"Enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider Requirements and Strengthening STIR/SHAKEN (Call Authentication Trust Anchor; Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes steps to strengthen its robocall mitigation framework by enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider (KYUP) requirements, improving oversight of voice service providers by the STIR/SHAKEN Governance Authority, raising caller ID attestation standards, and closing implementation gaps in STIR/SHAKEN implementation. Specifically, the Commission proposes establishing baseline KYUP information-collection, compliance review, verification, monitoring, and responsive-action requirements to ensure providers can identify and cut off bad-actor upstream providers. The Commission also proposes measures to expand the Governance Authority's vetting, enforcement, and reporting responsibilities to prevent misuse of STIR/SHAKEN certificates and to remove noncompliant providers from the authentication ecosystem. The Commission further proposes clarifying and strengthening STIR/SHAKEN attestation rules, including codifying attestation levels, defining improper attestations, and specifying permissible mechanisms for verifying number-to-customer associations. Additionally, the Commission proposes and seeks comment on additional steps to close caller ID authentication gaps, such as refining provider definitions, reconsidering exemptions, requiring providers serving end users to assign STIR/SHAKEN attestations, and ensuring calls maintain authentication information. The Commission also seeks comment on special circumstances, including addressing issues with foreign- originated calls.","document_number":"2026-13874","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/09/2026-13874/enhancing-know-your-upstream-provider-requirements-and-strengthening-stirshaken-call-authentication","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-09/pdf/2026-13874.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13874.pdf?1783514714","publication_date":"2026-07-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"those certificates to sign calls that are not in compliance with the STIR/SHAKEN authentication framework and the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> STIR/SHAKEN rules. Under the existing SPC token access policy, providers must: (1) have a current form 499-A on file with the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span>, (2) have been assigned an Operating Company Number (OCN), and (3) have <span class=\"match\">certified</span> with the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> that they have implemented STIR/SHAKEN or comply with the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> robocall mitigation program requirements and are listed in the RMD. Although the existing policy subjects voice service"},{"title":"Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, as directed by the Federal Communications Commission (Commission), the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) adopts implementation parameters for multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The Bureau is requiring commercial mobile service providers who participate in WEA (Participating CMS Providers) to support multilingual templates for the most commonly issued and most time-sensitive types of alerts in English, the next thirteen most commonly spoken languages in the United States, and American Sign Language (ASL). The non-ASL templates must be customizable with event- specific information that utilize four fillable elements: the name of the sending agency, the location, the time, and an optional URL. The alert templates for ASL are non-fillable and signed by a Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI). The Bureau requires WEA-capable mobile devices to accompany the display of templates with the corresponding English- language fillable template. The Bureau also announces the effective date of a previously announced amendment that was contingent on this action. Together, these steps further the Commission's goal of ensuring that WEA remains an essential and effective public safety tool that allows alert originators to warn their communities of danger and advise them to take protective action.","document_number":"2025-22434","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22434/wireless-emergency-alerts-and-the-emergency-alert-system","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22434.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22434.pdf?1765287914","publication_date":"2025-12-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"established in the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> \n 2023 WEA Report and Order \n and this document.\n \n 21. We reiterate that the 30-month time frame the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> determined was reasonable to implement templates applies to implementing fillable templates. The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> allowed 30 months to implement the changes to WEA adopted by the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> in 2016, which was inclusive of the amount of time needed to make technical changes to WEA if needed. Further, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> has previously required more aggressive implementation timelines for the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> enhanced geotargeting"},{"title":"Access to Video Conferencing","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment on whether to amend the accessibility rules for interoperable video conferencing services (IVCS) to include additional performance objectives addressing text-to-speech and speech- to-speech functionality; automatic sign-language interpretation; additional user interface control functions; access to video conferencing for people who are blind or have low vision; and access to video conference for people with cognitive or mobility disabilities. The Commission also seeks further comment on whether and how the telecommunications relay services (TRS) Fund should support team interpreting in video conferences and whether additional rules are needed to facilitate the integration and appropriate use of TRS with video conferencing.","document_number":"2024-30501","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/02/2024-30501/access-to-video-conferencing","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-02/pdf/2024-30501.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30501.pdf?1735652709","publication_date":"2025-01-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"technology companies. The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> seeks comment on the extent of additional demand and additional benefits likely to result from the availability of integrated IP CTS in video conferences. What factors would lead a video conference participant to request integrated IP CTS <span class=\"match\">captions</span> when the IVCS platform offers native <span class=\"match\">captioning</span> and participants can view <span class=\"match\">captioning</span> from another source on their own screen? To what extent do video conference participants who need <span class=\"match\">captioning</span> currently use IP CTS rather than other sources of <span class=\"match\">captioning</span>, and to what extent"},{"title":"Notice of Publication of Common Agreement for Nationwide Health Information Interoperability (Common Agreement) Version 2.1","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice fulfills an obligation under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). The act requires the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to publish on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's public internet website, and in the Federal Register, the trusted exchange framework and common agreement developed under the PHSA. This notice is for publishing an updated version of the Common Agreement (Version 2.1).","document_number":"2024-27554","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/26/2024-27554/notice-of-publication-of-common-agreement-for-nationwide-health-information-interoperability-common","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-26/pdf/2024-27554.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27554.pdf?1732283134","publication_date":"2024-11-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Notice. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n \n This notice fulfills an <span class=\"match\">obligation</span> under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). The act requires the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to publish on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's public internet website, and in the \n Federal <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n , the trusted exchange framework and common agreement developed under the PHSA. This notice is for publishing an updated version of the Common Agreement (Version 2.1).\n \n \n \n ADDRESSES: \n \n Common Agreement Version"},{"title":"Protecting Our Communications Networks by Promoting Transparency Regarding Foreign Adversary Control","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to protect the Nation's communications networks against foreign adversary threats by proposing to expand foreign ownership disclosure requirements for covered Commission-issued licenses and authorizations. The proposed certification and information collection requirements would fill gaps in the Commission's existing rules and give the Commission, and the public, a new and comprehensive view of threats from foreign adversaries in the communications sector. Specifically, the Commission proposes to apply new certification and disclosure requirements on entities holding every type of license, permit, or authorization, rather than only certain specific licenses, as the Commission currently does. Furthermore, the Commission proposes to go beyond foreign ownership to also cover all regulated entities controlled by or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary.","document_number":"2025-11360","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/20/2025-11360/protecting-our-communications-networks-by-promoting-transparency-regarding-foreign-adversary-control","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-20/pdf/2025-11360.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11360.pdf?1750250720","publication_date":"2025-06-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Communications <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> (<span class=\"match\">Commission</span>) proposes to protect the Nation's communications networks against foreign adversary threats by proposing to expand foreign ownership disclosure requirements for covered <span class=\"match\">Commission</span>-issued licenses and authorizations. The proposed certification and information collection requirements would fill gaps in the <span class=\"match\">Commission's</span> existing rules and give the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span>, and the public, a new and comprehensive view of threats from foreign adversaries in the communications sector. Specifically, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> proposes to apply"},{"title":"Information Collections Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might \"further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.\"","document_number":"2024-31456","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/02/2024-31456/information-collections-being-submitted-for-review-and-approval-to-office-of-management-and-budget","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-02/pdf/2024-31456.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31456.pdf?1735652713","publication_date":"2025-01-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"services (TRS) and 711 abbreviated dialing access to TRS. See also 47 CFR 64.604(c)(3). \n In 2007, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> also released the 2007 Cost Recovery Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling, published at 73 FR 3197, January 17, 2008, in which the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span>: \n (1) adopted a new cost recovery methodology for interstate traditional TRS, interstate speech-to-speech service (STS), <span class=\"match\">captioned</span> telephone service (CTS), and internet Protocol <span class=\"match\">captioned</span> telephone service (IP CTS) based on the Multi-state Average Rate Structure (MARS) plan, under which interstate"},{"title":"Streamlining Contested Adjudications in Licensing Proceedings","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, agency, or Commission) is proposing to revise the agency's rules of practice and procedure to streamline contested adjudications in NRC licensing proceedings in response to the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024 (ADVANCE Act) and Executive Order 14300, Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.","document_number":"2026-04187","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/03/2026-04187/streamlining-contested-adjudications-in-licensing-proceedings","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-03/pdf/2026-04187.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04187.pdf?1772459115","publication_date":"2026-03-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"framework changes in part 2 and will provide for early resolution of issues by the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span>. \n Referred Rulings and <span class=\"match\">Certified</span> Questions \n In cases where the presiding officer identifies significant and novel legal or policy issues, or where prompt decision by the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> is necessary to materially advance the orderly disposition of the proceeding, the presiding officer has the discretion to refer its ruling to the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> or <span class=\"match\">certify</span> a question to the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> for disposition. To assure efficiency in this process, the agency is proposing to"},{"title":"Authorizing Permissive Use of the “Next Generation” Broadcast Television Standard","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on proposed rule changes that would support and accelerate the nation's ongoing market-based broadcast television transition to ATSC 3.0 (or Next Gen TV). The document tentatively concludes that the Commission should eliminate the simulcasting requirement for stations that transition to 3.0, while continuing to permit simulcasting on a voluntary, simplified basis. It also seeks comment on a range of closely related issues and other matters touching on the Next Gen TV transition.","document_number":"2025-20437","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/20/2025-20437/authorizing-permissive-use-of-the-next-generation-broadcast-television-standard","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-20/pdf/2025-20437.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20437.pdf?1763559924","publication_date":"2025-11-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"the \n FNPRM. \n The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> will send a copy of this entire \n FNPRM, \n including this IRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA). In addition, the \n FNPRM \n and the IRFA (or summaries thereof) will be published in the \n Federal <span class=\"match\">Register</span> \n .\n \n A. Need for, and Objectives of, the Proposed Rules \n \n 76. In 2017, the <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> authorized television broadcasters to use the Next Gen TV transmission standard, also called “ATSC 3.0” or “3.0,” on a voluntary, market-driven basis. The <span class=\"match\">Commission</span> required that any"}]}