{"description":"Documents matching 'support reliable exchange interstate traffic'","count":755,"total_pages":38,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=support+reliable+exchange+interstate+traffic&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) proposes rules that would help ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with Internet Protocol (IP)-based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. When the Commission first adopted 911 reliability rules in 2013, the transition to NG911 was in its very early stages. Since then, many state and local 911 Authorities have made significant progress in deploying NG911 capabilities in their jurisdictions. This Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) is the next step in fulfilling the Commission's commitment to facilitate the NG911 transition and to ensure that the transition does not inadvertently create vulnerabilities in the nation's critical public safety networks. The FNPRM proposes to update the definition of \"covered 911 service provider\" in the Commission's existing 911 reliability rules to ensure that the rules apply to service providers that control or operate critical pathways and components in NG911 networks. It also proposes to update the reliability standards for providers of critical NG911 functions to ensure the reliable delivery of 911 traffic to NG911 delivery points, and proposes to establish NG911 interoperability requirements for interstate transfer of 911 traffic between Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInets). In addition, the FNPRM proposes to modify the certification and oversight mechanisms in the current 911 reliability rules to improve reliability and interoperability in NG911 systems while minimizing burdens on service providers, and proposes to empower state and local 911 Authorities to obtain reliability and interoperability certifications directly from covered 911 service providers.","document_number":"2025-09279","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/04/2025-09279/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-04/pdf/2025-09279.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09279.pdf?1748954707","publication_date":"2025-06-04","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":"impossible.”).\n \n \n \n To address these concerns, we propose to adopt <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> interoperability requirements to <span class=\"match\">support</span> the <span class=\"match\">reliable</span> <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> of <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> 911 <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> between ESInets. Specifically, we propose to require that CSPs certify whether their <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> interconnecting ESInet facilities achieve interoperability for <span class=\"match\">exchanged</span> 911 <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> sufficiently to enable complete <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> transfers between ESInets.\n 150 \n \n In that connection, CSPs would annually certify whether their <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> interconnecting ESInet facilities use conformance-tested equipment"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) adopts rules to ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with internet Protocol (IP)- based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must be designed to safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. The rules require entities essential to delivering emergency calls in the NG911 environment to implement common sense measures to safeguard the reliability of NG911 networks and reduce the risk of 911 outages, and require certain entities to report on their support for NG911 interoperability. The rules also eliminate unnecessary and burdensome legacy rules to increase flexibility and encourage technical innovation to make NG911 services reliable, interoperable, and accessible to all.","document_number":"2026-13998","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/10/2026-13998/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-10/pdf/2026-13998.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13998.pdf?1783601118","publication_date":"2026-07-10","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":"into their OSP customers' <span class=\"match\">traffic</span>).\n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Interstate</span> Interconnecting ESInet Facilities \n \n We adopt the proposal from the \n NG911 Reliability FNPRM \n to designate operators of <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> interconnecting facilities between ESInets as covered 911 service providers.\n 212 \n \n <span class=\"match\">Interstate</span> interconnecting ESInet facilities are <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> facilities that transport IP 911 <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> from an ESInet for ultimate delivery to another ESInet, including facilities designated for intermittent, contingent, or backup <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> of IP 911 <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> between ESInets. We believe"},{"title":"Reforming Legacy Rules for an All-IP Future; Accelerating Network Modernization","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to accelerate network modernization by proposing to reform regulations that have hindered the transition to all-internet Protocol (IP) networks. Building upon the Commission's longstanding efforts to reform the legacy intercarrier compensation (ICC) framework, the Commission proposes to move remaining ICC charges to a bill-and-keep framework and detariff them, and invites comment on this proposal. To enable carriers to recover costs from their end users, the Commission proposes to eliminate ex ante pricing regulation and tariffing of end-user charges, also referred to as Telephone Access Charges (TACs). Following the transition of ICC charges to bill-and-keep, the Commission seeks comment on phasing out Connect America Fund Intercarrier Compensation (CAF ICC) support. The NPRM also seeks comment on removing remaining regulatory obligations--including tariffing and outdated account information exchange requirements--for interstate and international long-distance services, given the longstanding competitiveness of these markets. In addition, the Commission seeks comment on the elimination of regulations that will no longer be necessary in a post-Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) environment and invites input on a transitional framework to ensure regulatory and market stability during the shift to an all-IP marketplace. Finally, the Commission encourages commenters to identify ways to promote technological modernization while enhancing long-term efficiency, competition, and service quality for consumers. In all these reforms, the Commission intends to proceed thoughtfully, mindful of the complex issues, transition timelines, and paramount connectivity goals.","document_number":"2026-05727","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/24/2026-05727/reforming-legacy-rules-for-an-all-ip-future-accelerating-network-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-24/pdf/2026-05727.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05727.pdf?1774269916","publication_date":"2026-03-24","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 <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> access charges to bill-and-keep? Meaning, during the transition, should the Commission permit carriers to tariff <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> originating VoIP-PSTN <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> in <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> tariffs and intrastate originating VoIP-PSTN <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> in intrastate tariffs? What are the costs and benefits of this approach and any alternatives? During the transition, to what extent should the Commission permit carriers to tariff <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> and intrastate terminating VoIP-PSTN <span class=\"match\">traffic</span>? The Commission has held that carriers may not tariff purely IP-IP <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> that"},{"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":"Add § 61.205 to read as follows: \n \n § 61.205 \n \n \n (a) Rate-of-return local <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> carriers shall remove from their <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> tariffs: \n (1) End user channel terminations, and all other tariffed special access services; and \n (2) Any transport services as defined in § 69.801(j) of this chapter. \n (b) Rate-of-return local <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> carriers shall remove their business data services from the NECA <span class=\"match\">Traffic</span> Sensitive Pool but may continue to participate in the NECA <span class=\"match\">Traffic</span> Sensitive Pool for access services other than business data services. \n (c)"},{"title":"Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This action proposes performance-based regulations to enable the design and operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at low altitudes beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) and for third-party services, including UAS Traffic Management (UTM), that support these operations. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 directs the development of this proposed rule. This proposed rule is necessary to support the integration of UAS into the national airspace system (NAS). This proposed rule is intended to provide a predictable and clear pathway for safe, routine, and scalable UAS operations that include package delivery, agriculture, aerial surveying, civic interest, operations training, demonstration, recreation, and flight testing. TSA proposes to make complementary changes to its regulations to ensure it can continue to impose security measures on these operations under its current regulatory structure for civil aviation.","document_number":"2025-14992","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14992/normalizing-unmanned-aircraft-systems-beyond-visual-line-of-sight-operations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-07/pdf/2025-14992.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14992.pdf?1754484350","publication_date":"2025-08-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Transportation Security Administration","name":"Transportation Security Administration","id":494,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/494","parent_id":227,"slug":"transportation-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"proposed part 108; however, it could be scaled to <span class=\"match\">support</span> more complex unmanned and manned aircraft data services including through future rulemaking(s) that enable services to <span class=\"match\">support</span> operations by aircraft with a pilot on board. Automated data service providers may eventually provide services that would <span class=\"match\">support</span> larger and more complex aircraft operations, such as those that would <span class=\"match\">support</span> the advanced air mobility (AAM) market.\n 147 \n \n While FAA has considered how automated data services can <span class=\"match\">support</span> operations under the particularities of a part"},{"title":"Advancing IP Interconnection","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to eliminate burdensome legacy interconnection regulations that may prevent providers of modern, internet Protocol (IP)-based networks from interconnecting efficiently, and also seeks comment on ways the Commission can facilitate a successful transition to all-IP interconnection for voice services while retaining critical oversight in areas of public safety and consumer protection, and ensuring competition. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes to forbear from incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC)-specific interconnection and related obligations, and to eliminate the Commission's rules implementing those provisions by December 31, 2028. The Commission also seeks comment on whether and to what extent eliminating the incumbent LEC-specific interconnection regulatory framework may affect other statutory frameworks or Commission rules, and whether the Commission should revisit any other provisions or rules that are rendered redundant by the elimination of incumbent LECs' interconnection obligations. Finally, the Commission seeks comment on what, if any, regulatory framework for IP interconnection should replace the current interconnection framework under section 251(c)(2), and on the scope of the Commission's authority to regulate IP interconnection under any such framework.","document_number":"2025-21324","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/26/2025-21324/advancing-ip-interconnection","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-26/pdf/2025-21324.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21324.pdf?1764078345","publication_date":"2025-11-26","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":"providers to <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> VoIP <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> under different technological or legal arrangements from those that providers use to <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> other IP <span class=\"match\">traffic</span>? Could the interconnection framework be structured to provide certain interconnection rights with respect to the <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> of VoIP <span class=\"match\">traffic</span>, or certain types of VoIP <span class=\"match\">traffic</span>, while giving providers the freedom to <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> other IP <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> as they are doing now? What impact, if any, would such an approach have on any preexisting arrangements for the <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> of voice or non-voice IP <span class=\"match\">traffic</span>?\n \n \n We also seek"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules addressing all intrastate, interstate, and international audio and video incarcerated people's communication services (IPCS), including video visitation services. The reforms include adopting permanent rate caps for audio IPCS and interim rate caps for video; prohibiting IPCS providers from making site commission payments associated with IPCS and preempting state and local laws and regulations requiring such commissions; prohibiting IPCS providers from imposing any separate ancillary service charges on IPCS consumers; strengthening the Commission's requirements for access to IPCS by incarcerated people with disabilities; permitting IPCS providers to offer optional alternate pricing plans that comply with the rate caps; strengthening existing consumer disclosure and inactive account requirements; revising the existing annual reporting and certification requirements; facilitating enforcement of the new IPCS rules; and delegating authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA).","document_number":"2024-19037","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19037/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19037.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19037.pdf?1726663521","publication_date":"2024-09-20","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":"we find that the costs to provide <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> and intrastate audio IPCS are not materially different from each other and therefore adopt a single rate cap that applies to both <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> and intrastate audio IPCS communications at each tier. The Martha Wright-Reed Act's directive to set rates and charges that are “just and reasonable” for <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> and intrastate IPCS establishes the framework for our analysis. Examining the record through this lens, we find <span class=\"match\">support</span> for treating the costs of providing <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> and intrastate audio IPCS as functionally"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modifies the Commission's previous incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) rate caps in response to record evidence of the significant unintended consequences of those rate caps. It establishes new interim audio and video IPCS rate caps by basing the calculation of the Commission's rate caps only on billed minutes, incorporating all safety and security measure expenses that IPCS providers reported incurring, and creating an additional rate cap tier for extremely small jails. It also creates a separate interim rate additive to ensure recovery of correctional facilities' costs of administering IPCS. Additionally, it sets a new compliance date for providers' compliance with the new rules and clarifies that the rate cap, site commission, and per-minute pricing rules from the Commission's 2021 Order will no longer apply following that date.","document_number":"2025-22125","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22125/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22125.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22125.pdf?1764855936","publication_date":"2025-12-05","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":"that $0.02 per-minute could be established as a maximum facility cost recovery amount. Considering the “perennial problem” of receiving <span class=\"match\">reliable</span> correctional facility cost data in these proceedings, the Commission also sought comment on which data the Commission should rely on in determining any additive and how the Commission can ensure that it receives <span class=\"match\">reliable</span> data.\n \n \n 42. The record now before us <span class=\"match\">supports</span> the adoption, on an interim basis, of a uniform rate additive in lieu of the reimbursement framework adopted in the \n 2024 IPCS Order. "},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks additional comment on establishing permanent rate caps for video incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) that are just and reasonable, and will fairly compensate IPCS providers, including comment on the video IPCS marketplace and the types of data needed to support its efforts to adopt permanent video IPCS rate caps in the future. It also seeks comment on the possibly of further disaggregating the very small jail rate tier and the types of cost or other data that would identify any additional distinctions within this rate tier. The Commission seeks comment on its authority to address quality of service issues raised in this proceeding and whether it should develop minimum Federal quality of service standards. It again seeks comment on whether to expand the definitions of \"Prison\" and \"Jail\" to capture the full universe of confinement facilities and specifically, the costs providers incur in providing service to confinement facilities that are not correctional institutions. It also seeks comment on whether to incorporate into its inactive account rules a requirement that providers allow account holders to designate a third party to receive refunds from IPCS accounts. Finally, the Commission seeks comment on possibly adopting a uniform additive to the IPCS rate caps to account for correctional facility costs.","document_number":"2024-19038","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19038/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19038.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19038.pdf?1726663519","publication_date":"2024-09-20","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":"reported they were incumbent local <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> service providers. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 916 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, the Commission estimates that the majority of incumbent local <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> carriers can be considered small entities.\n \n \n 48. \n Competitive Local <span class=\"match\">Exchange</span> Carriers (CLECs). \n Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically applicable to local <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> services. Providers of these services"},{"title":"Reducing Barriers to Network Improvements and Service Changes","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Report and Order that reduces regulatory barriers and costs that hinder the transition from outdated legacy networks and services to next-generation, Internet Protocol (IP)-based infrastructure. The actions taken in the Report and Order combine common sense reforms with core consumer protections that bring the regulatory environment in line with today's communications marketplace while retaining and adopting safeguards to protect public safety and ensure 911 continuity. The Report and Order also concludes that if state or local requirements conflict with the service discontinuance framework adopted in the Report and Order, such requirements negate valid federal regulatory objectives and are subject to preemption.","document_number":"2026-07622","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/20/2026-07622/reducing-barriers-to-network-improvements-and-service-changes","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-20/pdf/2026-07622.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07622.pdf?1776429913","publication_date":"2026-04-20","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":"June of 2024, the last time the Commission reported such data.) \n 3. Additional Requirements for Applications To Discontinue a Service <span class=\"match\">Supporting</span> Interconnection Trunks or the <span class=\"match\">Exchange</span> of <span class=\"match\">Traffic</span> \n \n 57. As part of the rules we adopt today, we require carriers seeking authority to discontinue a service <span class=\"match\">supporting</span> interconnection trunks or the <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> of <span class=\"match\">traffic</span>, including but not limited to 911 trunks and 911 <span class=\"match\">traffic</span>—\n e.g., \n a discontinuance resulting from the decommissioning of one or more trunk lines, TDM lines directly connected to 911 selective"},{"title":"Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule seeks to advance interoperability, improve transparency, and support the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information through proposals for: standards adoption; adoption of certification criteria to advance public health data exchange; expanded uses of certified application programming interfaces, such as for electronic prior authorization, patient access, care management, and care coordination; and information sharing under the information blocking regulations. It proposes to establish a new baseline version of the United States Core Data for Interoperability. The proposed rule would update the ONC Health IT Certification Program to enhance interoperability and optimize certification processes to reduce burden and costs. The proposed rule would also implement certain provisions related to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), which would support the reliability, privacy, security, and trust within TEFCA.","document_number":"2024-14975","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/05/2024-14975/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-patient-engagement-information-sharing-and-public-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-05/pdf/2024-14975.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14975.pdf?1721825115","publication_date":"2024-08-05","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":"\n a. Background \n b. Proposal \n 13. Health IT Modules <span class=\"match\">Supporting</span> Public Health Data <span class=\"match\">Exchange</span> \n a. Background \n b. Regulatory History \n c. Proposal Overview \n d. Revised Certification Criteria for Health IT Modules <span class=\"match\">Supporting</span> Public Health Data <span class=\"match\">Exchange</span> \n e. New Certification Criteria for Health IT Modules <span class=\"match\">Supporting</span> Public Health Data <span class=\"match\">Exchange</span> \n f. New Standardized API for Public Health Data <span class=\"match\">Exchange</span> \n 14. Bulk Data Enhancements \n a. Background \n b. Proposal \n 15. New Requirements to <span class=\"match\">Support</span> Dynamic Client Registration Protocol in the Program \n"},{"title":"Prediction Markets; Public Interest Determinations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is proposing amendments to its rules concerning event contract derivatives. The markets for these event contracts are commonly referred to as \"prediction markets.\" In particular, the Commission is proposing amendments to further specify the types of event contracts that may be subject to a determination that they are contrary to the public interest, such that they may not be listed for trading or accepted for clearing on or through a CFTC-registered entity, as provided in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The proposed amendments set out factors the Commission would apply in that determination and conform the process by which the determination would be made to the CEA. The Commission also is proposing amendments to the procedure for the Commission's determination to enhance clarity and organization, as well as a definition of the term \"gaming\" and a rule regarding when event contracts \"involve\" an underlying activity.","document_number":"2026-11854","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/12/2026-11854/prediction-markets-public-interest-determinations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-12/pdf/2026-11854.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11854.pdf?1781181917","publication_date":"2026-06-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION","name":"Commodity Futures Trading Commission","id":77,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-futures-trading-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/77","parent_id":null,"slug":"commodity-futures-trading-commission"}],"excerpts":"contracts and options on futures contracts on federally regulated <span class=\"match\">exchanges</span>.\n 19 \n \n An <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> on which futures contracts and options on futures contracts are traded is formally known as a board of trade, and such an <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> must be designated by the Commission as a contract market, \n i.e., \n a DCM.\n 20 \n \n Since its enactment in 1974, the CEA has required that futures contracts and options on futures contracts be transacted on or subject to the rules of a DCM; this is known as the <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> trading requirement.\n 21 \n \n \n \n \n 19 \n  CEA sec. 2(a)(1)(A)"},{"title":"Reducing Barriers to Network Improvements and Service Changes","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on deregulatory options to encourage providers to build, maintain, and upgrade their networks such that all consumers and businesses can benefit from technological strides in the communications marketplace, while safeguarding consumers' access to critical emergency services such as 911. These actions propose to reduce regulatory barriers that prevent much-needed investment in and deployment of broadband and thus hinder the transition to all-IP networks offering a plethora of advanced communications services, and seek comment on ways to further fast-track the delivery of services to consumers through modernized networks while protecting public safety.","document_number":"2025-16540","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/28/2025-16540/reducing-barriers-to-network-improvements-and-service-changes","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-28/pdf/2025-16540.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16540.pdf?1756298736","publication_date":"2025-08-28","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":"Universal Service Fund. The Commission began modernizing its universal service high-cost <span class=\"match\">support</span> mechanisms in 2011 with the \n USF/ICC Transformation Order \n (76 FR 76623 (12/08/2011)), which established the Connect America Fund. In that \n Order \n (76 FR 76623 (12/08/2011)), the Commission required <span class=\"match\">support</span> recipients to offer broadband service in addition to the <span class=\"match\">supported</span> “voice telephony” service. The Commission requires recipients of CAF Phase II <span class=\"match\">support</span> “to offer broadband service with latency suitable for real-time applications, including Voice"},{"title":"Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics Seek Comment on Proposed 2026 Mandatory Data Collection for Incarcerated People's Communications Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seek comment on the contours and specific requirements of the proposed 2026 Mandatory Data Collection for incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS). Consistent with the Commission's direction, in this document, we seek comment on proposals to modify the Commission's previous data collection to obtain data and information necessary for the Commission to set permanent rate caps for audio and video ICPS and, to the extent practicable, lessen the reporting burdens on ICPS providers.","document_number":"2026-12234","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12234/wireline-competition-bureau-and-office-of-economics-and-analytics-seek-comment-on-proposed-2026","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12234.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12234.pdf?1781613919","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":"December 2023) \n \n Affected entity \n \n SBA size standard\n (1,500 Employees) \n \n \n Total # FCC\n Form 499A \n filers \n \n Small firms \n \n Small entities\n (%) \n \n \n \n Competitive Local <span class=\"match\">Exchange</span> Carriers (CLECs) \n 3,729 \n 3,576 \n 95.90 \n \n \n Incumbent Local <span class=\"match\">Exchange</span> Carriers (Incumbent LECs) \n 1,175 \n 917 \n 78.04 \n \n \n Interexchange Carriers (IXCs) \n 113 \n 95 \n 84.07 \n \n \n Local <span class=\"match\">Exchange</span> Carriers (LECs) \n 4,904 \n 4,493 \n 91.62 \n \n \n Local Resellers \n 222 \n 217 \n 97.75 \n \n \n Other Toll Carriers \n 74 \n 71 \n 95.95 \n \n \n Payphone Service Providers \n 28 \n 24 \n 85"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Location-Based Routing for Wireless 911 Calls","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) adopted a Report and Order to advance the nationwide Next Generation 911 (NG911) transition rules that define the responsibilities and set deadlines for originating service providers (OSPs) to implement NG911 capabilities on their networks and deliver 911 calls to NG911 systems established by 911 authorities. In addition, the rules preserve the authority of state, territorial, regional, Tribal, and local government to adopt alternative approaches to the configuration, timing, and cost responsibility for NG911 implementation within their jurisdictions.","document_number":"2024-18603","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/24/2024-18603/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-location-based-routing-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-24/pdf/2024-18603.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18603.pdf?1727095514","publication_date":"2024-09-24","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":"from a 911 Authority, OSPs must (i) deliver all 911 <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> bound for the relevant PSAPs in the IP-based SIP format requested by the 911 Authority, (ii) obtain and deliver 911 <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> to enable the ESInet and other NG911 network facilities to transmit all 911 <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> to the destination PSAP, (iii) deliver all such 911 <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> to one or more in-state NG911 Delivery Points designated by the 911 Authority, and (iv) complete connectivity testing to confirm that the 911 Authority receives 911 <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> in the IP-based SIP format requested by the 911 Authority"},{"title":"Restoring Integrity to the Issuance of Non-Domiciled Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL)","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the Federal regulations for State Driver's Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) issuing commercial driving credentials to non-domiciled individuals. This final rule reaffirms, with minor changes, the provisions of the interim final rule (IFR) published on September 29, 2025. Specifically, this final rule limits eligibility for non-domiciled Commercial Learner's Permits (CLPs) and Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs) for foreign-domiciled individuals to those who hold specific, verifiable employment-based nonimmigrant status. This rule reaffirms the IFR requirements, aligning the issuance of non- domiciled CDLs with FMCSA's statutory mandate to ensure the fitness of all drivers who operate a CMV. By limiting eligibility to statuses subject to enhanced consular vetting of driver history and interagency screening, FMCSA restores the integrity of the CDL system, closes a significant safety gap, and enhances the safety of the traveling public.","document_number":"2026-02965","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/13/2026-02965/restoring-integrity-to-the-issuance-of-non-domiciled-commercial-drivers-licenses-cdl","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-13/pdf/2026-02965.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02965.pdf?1770844509","publication_date":"2026-02-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"issued a non-domiciled CDL in May 2024. He has convictions for improper/erratic (unsafe) lane changes and for failure to obey a <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> sign. \n \n On February 14, 2025, a tractor-trailer driven by a driver who held a non-domiciled CDL from Colorado was involved in a multi-vehicle fatal crash in the tunnel on <span class=\"match\">Interstate</span> 80 in Green River, Wyoming. Several vehicles, including CMVs, were involved in a prior crash and <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> behind these disabled vehicles had stopped. Shortly thereafter, the tractor-trailer driven by the non-domiciled CDL driver swerved"},{"title":"Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet; Restoring Internet Freedom","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts a Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, Order, and Order on Reconsideration that reestablishes the Commission's authority over broadband internet access service (BIAS). The Declaratory Ruling classifies broadband internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act, providing the Commission with additional authority to safeguard national security, advance public safety, protect consumers, and facilitate broadband deployment. The Order establishes broad, tailored forbearance of the Commission's application of Title II to broadband providers while maintaining Title II provisions the Commission needs to fulfill its obligations and objectives. The Report and Order reinstates straightforward, clear rules that prohibit blocking, throttling, or engaging in paid or affiliated prioritization arrangements, adopts certain enhancements to the transparency rule, and reinstates a general conduct standard that prohibits unreasonable interference or unreasonable disadvantage to consumers or edge providers. The Order on Reconsideration partially grants and otherwise dismisses as moot four petitions for reconsideration filed in response to the 2020 Restoring Internet Freedom Remand Order.","document_number":"2024-10674","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/22/2024-10674/safeguarding-and-securing-the-open-internet-restoring-internet-freedom","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-22/pdf/2024-10674.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10674.pdf?1716295515","publication_date":"2024-05-22","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":"the Commission's previous conclusion that BIAS includes internet <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> <span class=\"match\">exchange</span>, and instead determined that internet <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> arrangements were appropriately regulated as an information service by virtue of its conclusion that BIAS is an information service. Many commenters <span class=\"match\">support</span> our approach. Additional commenters, by <span class=\"match\">supporting</span> our adoption of rules governing internet <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> arrangements, also <span class=\"match\">support</span> \n sub silentio \n the inclusion of internet <span class=\"match\">traffic</span> <span class=\"match\">exchange</span> within the scope of BIAS.\n \n \n 189. We disagree with USTelecom's"},{"title":"Improving Customer Service and Protecting Consumers Through Onshoring","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes actions that would encourage and facilitate the onshoring of foreign call centers. Specifically, the Commission proposes rules and otherwise explore ways to improve customer service communications and better protect consumers' sensitive personal information by limiting use of foreign call centers and by improving standards applicable to a company's remaining foreign call center operations. It also seeks comment on extending these protections to modes of customer service communications other than calls, such as emails, texts, and on-line chats, and on ideas to deter scam and other unlawful calls made to the United States from foreign countries. Finally, it explore steps we can take to financially deter unlawful foreign-originated calls, such as bond requirements. The Commission proposes to apply these requirements to providers of telecommunications services, CMRS, interconnected VoIP service, cable television service, and DBS services, or affiliates of such providers. It also proposes to apply these requirements to the use of foreign call centers for consumer communications relating to internet access service offered by any of the foregoing providers or their affiliates and seeks comment on whether it should extend some or all of the proposed rules to providers of other types of services.","document_number":"2026-07960","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/23/2026-07960/improving-customer-service-and-protecting-consumers-through-onshoring","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-23/pdf/2026-07960.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07960.pdf?1776861922","publication_date":"2026-04-23","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":"preferable to limit the calls covered to those placed to or from existing customers?\n \n We propose that this information be added to the existing Customer <span class=\"match\">Support</span> section of the label and placed below the phone number and website information. Would this placement on the label help consumers to better understand this entry and how it might relate to their experience with the provider's customer <span class=\"match\">support</span> services? Should this information be placed in a different location on the label? If so, why? \n \n Transparency for Other Services. \n Should we require"},{"title":"Protecting Our Communications Networks by Promoting Transparency Regarding Foreign Adversary Control","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) addresses the risks of foreign adversary control of Commission-granted licenses and authorizations by adopting rules requiring a broad range of holders of such licenses, authorizations, or approvals to attest whether they are owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary, and, if so, to disclose additional information about such foreign adversary control. Among other things, the Commission defines categories of licenses and authorizations that are subject to the rules, and establishes a streamlined process by which license and authorization holders should file their foreign adversary control attestations and disclosures.","document_number":"2026-06992","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-06992/protecting-our-communications-networks-by-promoting-transparency-regarding-foreign-adversary-control","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-06992.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06992.pdf?1775738718","publication_date":"2026-04-10","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":"authority through the existing registration requirement for <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> telecommunications carriers that is associated with the FCC Form 499-A and § 64.1195 of the Commission's rules. Section 64.1195 directs a telecommunications carrier that will provide <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> telecommunications service to file certain registration information on FCC Form 499-A, and states that any telecommunications carrier already providing <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> telecommunications service must do the same. We require domestic <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> carriers subject to § 64.1195 to comply with the foreign"},{"title":"Injurious Wildlife Species; Listing Salamanders Due to Risk of Salamander Chytrid Fungus","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is affirming as final the 2016 interim rule that added all species of salamanders from 20 genera to the list of injurious amphibians. Under the injurious wildlife prohibitions of the Lacey Act, this final rule prohibits the importation into the United States and shipment between the continental United States, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States of any live or dead specimen, including hybrids and parts, of those 20 genera of salamanders, except by permit for certain purposes or by Federal agencies solely for their own use. In addition to finalizing the listing of those 20 genera, we are publishing a new interim rule to add to the injurious amphibian list 16 genera that recent studies determined are also carriers of the fungus and to clarify some provisions from the final rule. This interim rule includes any live or dead specimen, hybrid, or parts of the 16 genera and opens a public comment period. We take these actions to protect U.S. ecosystems from the introduction, establishment, and spread of the lethal chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, which infects and is carried by salamanders, and which is not yet known to be found in the United States.","document_number":"2024-31203","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2024-31203/injurious-wildlife-species-listing-salamanders-due-to-risk-of-salamander-chytrid-fungus","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-10/pdf/2024-31203.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31203.pdf?1736343918","publication_date":"2025-01-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"the current prohibition on <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> transport in 18 U.S.C. 42(a) does not apply to <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> transport between States within the continental United States. Therefore, it is not incorporated into the final economic analysis.\n \n \n (62) \n Comment: \n Many small businesses have commented that the prohibition on <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> transport will have a greater impact than the Service anticipates. In the 2016 interim regulatory flexibility analysis, the Service stated that it does not believe that the impact of prohibiting <span class=\"match\">interstate</span> transport will be significant"}]}