[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 59770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23644]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[GN Docket No. 14-28; DA 14-1410]


Panelist Information for Open Internet Roundtables

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission released a public notice 
announcing panelist names and other information for a series of 
roundtables. The intended effect of this document is to make the public 
aware of the event and the agenda for the roundtables.

DATES: Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Commission Meeting Room 
(TW-C305), 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Erber, Office of General 
Counsel at (202) 418-0678 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's 
document in GN Docket No. 14-28, DA 14-1410 released September 29, 
2014. The complete text in this document is available for public 
inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC 
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-
A257, Washington, DC 20554. The document may also be purchased from the 
Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 
12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (800) 
378-3160 or (202) 863-2893, facsimile (202) 863-2898, or via the 
Internet at http://www.bcpiweb.com. It is available on the Commission's 
Web site at http://www.fcc.gov.
    The roundtable will be free and open to the public, and the FCC 
also will stream them live at http://www.fcc.gov/live. The location of 
the roundtable will be the Commission Meeting Room (TW-C305), 445 12th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. The FCC will make available an 
overflow room for those in-person attendees who cannot be accommodated 
in the Commission Meeting Room. We advise persons planning to attend 
the roundtables in person to leave sufficient time to enter through 
building security.
    The FCC encourages members of the public to submit suggested 
questions in advance and during the roundtables by email to 
[email protected] or on Twitter using the hashtag 
#FCCRoundtables. Please note that by submitting a question, you 
will be making a filing in an official FCC proceeding. All information 
submitted, including names, addresses, and other personal information 
contained in the message, may be publicly available online.
    Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are 
available upon request. The request should include a detailed 
description of the accommodation needed and contact information. We ask 
that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible in order 
to allow the agency to satisfy such requests whenever possible. Send an 
email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).

Proposed Agenda

    The Office of General Counsel of the Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC) provides panelist names and other information about 
the final event in the Open Internet roundtable series: ``Internet 
Openness and the Law,'' which will take place on October 7, 2014. This 
roundtable was previously announced in a Public Notice. At that time, 
it was unclear whether the roundtable would be a ``meeting'' of the 
Commission. As such, that Notice was not published in the Federal 
Register. This Notice shall serve as notice that a quorum of 
Commissioners may be present at the roundtable, in compliance with part 
0, subpart F of the Commission's rules. This Notice does not, however, 
change the ``permit-but-disclose'' status of the Open Internet 
proceeding under the Commission's ex parte rules.

Internet Openness and the Law

9:00-9:15 a.m.--Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15-10:45 a.m.--Roundtable 1: Sources of Legal Authority

    This roundtable will discuss the sources of authority on which the 
Commission could ground Open Internet rules, including a range of 
approaches relying on section 706, Title II, and other possible sources 
of authority.
    Panelists:

Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Gus Hurwitz, Assistant Professor of Law, Nebraska College of Law
Pantelis Michalopoulos, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Thomas Navin, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP
Nuala O'Connor, President and CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology
Tim Wu, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

    Moderators:

Jonathan Sallet, General Counsel, FCC
Stephanie Weiner, Special Advisor to the Chairman on Internet Law and 
Policy & Associate General Counsel, FCC
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.--Roundtable 2: Construction of Legally 
Sustainable Rules

    This roundtable will consider additional legal issues, including 
constitutional considerations, the nature of common-carriage 
regulation, and approaches to agency rulemaking and adjudication using 
tools like prescriptive rules, legal standards, prohibitions, and 
presumptions to protect and promote Internet openness.
    Panelists:

Marvin Ammori, Fellow, New America Foundation
Anne Boyle, Commissioner, Nebraska Public Service Commission
Fred Campbell, Director, Center for Boundless Innovation in Technology
Julia Johnson, Chair, Minority Media & Telecommunications Council
Tejas Narechania, Julius Silver Research Fellow, Columbia Law School
John Windhausen, Jr., President, Telepoly Consulting

Federal Communications Commission.
Stephanie Weiner,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2014-23644 Filed 10-2-14; 8:45 am]
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