[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38141-38142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16586]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, August 2, 2018

July 26, 2018.
    The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on 
the subjects listed below on Thursday, August 2, 2018 which is 
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street 
SW, Washington, DC.

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        Item No.                Bureau                  Subject
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1......................  Wireless Tele-        Title: Auctions of Upper
                          Communications.       Microwave Flexible Use
                                                Licenses for Next-
                                                Generation Wireless
                                                Services; Minimum
                                                Opening Bids, Upfront
                                                Payments, and Other
                                                Procedures for Auctions
                                                101 (28 GHz) and 102 (24
                                                GHz) (AU Docket No. 18-
                                                85).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Public
                                                Notice establishing
                                                application and bidding
                                                procedures for
                                                auctioning Upper
                                                Microwave Flexible Use
                                                Licenses in the 28 GHz
                                                (Auction 101) and 24 GHz
                                                (Auction 102) bands.
2......................  Wireless Tele-        Title: Use of Spectrum
                          Communications.       Bands Above 24 GHz For
                                                Mobile Radio Services
                                                (GN Docket No. 14-177).

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                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Further
                                                Notice of Proposed
                                                Rulemaking proposing an
                                                auction mechanism that
                                                would transition
                                                existing spectrum
                                                holdings in the 39 GHz
                                                band (38.6-40 GHz) to a
                                                new flexible-use band
                                                plan and would offer new
                                                licenses for contiguous
                                                spectrum in the band.
3......................  Wireline Competition  Title: Accelerating
                          and Wireless Tele-    Wireline Broadband
                          Communications.       Deployment by Removing
                                                Barriers to
                                                Infrastructure
                                                Investment (WC Docket
                                                No. 17-84), (WT Docket
                                                No. 17-79).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Report
                                                and Order that will
                                                allow one-touch make-
                                                ready for most pole
                                                attachments and further
                                                reform its pole
                                                attachment process, and
                                                a Declaratory Ruling
                                                that will conclude that
                                                section 253(a) prohibits
                                                state and local
                                                moratoria on
                                                telecommunications
                                                facilities deployment.
4......................  Wireline Competition  Title: Promoting
                                                Telehealth for Low-
                                                Income Consumers (WC
                                                Docket No. 18-213).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Notice
                                                of Inquiry on creating a
                                                Universal Service Fund
                                                pilot program to promote
                                                the use of telehealth
                                                services among low-
                                                income Americans.
5......................  Media...............  Title: LPTV, TV
                                                Translator, and FM
                                                Broadcast Station
                                                Reimbursement (MB Docket
                                                No. 18-214); Expanding
                                                the Economic and
                                                Innovation Opportunities
                                                of Spectrum Through
                                                Incentive Auctions (GN
                                                Docket No. 12-268).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Notice
                                                of Proposed Rulemaking
                                                and Order that begins
                                                the process of
                                                implementing Congress's
                                                directive in the
                                                Reimbursement Expansion
                                                Act that the Commission
                                                reimburse certain low
                                                power television,
                                                television translator,
                                                and FM broadcast
                                                stations for costs
                                                incurred as a result of
                                                the Commission's
                                                broadcast television
                                                spectrum incentive
                                                auction.
6......................  Media...............  Title: Rules and Policies
                                                to Promote New Entry and
                                                Ownership Diversity in
                                                the Broadcasting
                                                Services (MB Docket No.
                                                17-289).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Report
                                                and Order establishing
                                                the requirements which
                                                will govern an incubator
                                                program that seeks to
                                                promote the entry of new
                                                and diverse voices into
                                                the broadcast industry.
7......................  Office of Managing    Title: Office of Managing
                          Director.             Director Personnel
                                                Action #75.
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a
                                                personnel action.
 
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    The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or 
other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and 
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable 
accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. 
In your request, include a description of the accommodation you will 
need and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last 
minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send 
an email to: [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 
Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from the 
Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500; TTY 1-888-835-5322. Audio/
Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open 
captioning over the internet from the FCC Live web page at www.fcc.gov/live.
    For a fee this meeting can be viewed live over George Mason 
University's Capitol Connection. The Capitol Connection also will carry 
the meeting live via the internet. To purchase these services, call 
(703) 993-3100 or go to www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-16586 Filed 8-2-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6712-01-P