[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 39841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16388]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[FCC 19-3]


Establishment of the Fraud Division of the Enforcement Bureau

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: To reflect the activities, structure, and purpose of the 
Enforcement Bureau (EB), and the importance of protecting against fraud 
in programs that the Commission oversees, the Commission concluded that 
the public interest--namely, the proper dispatch of our business--would 
be served by creating an EB division specifically dedicated to 
investigating and pursuing fraud. This division will be called the 
Fraud Division. The purpose of this Order is to create a division 
comprised of existing EB staff that will be dedicated to taking 
enforcement actions against fraud in the Universal Service Fund and 
other funding programs that the Commission oversees. The Fraud Division 
will work with the Office of Inspector General and other law 
enforcement agencies, as appropriate, and will consist of the 
individuals who now focus on fraud cases. Establishing this division 
will capitalize on and enhance the Commission's expertise in rooting 
out fraud in programs over which the FCC has jurisdiction.

DATES: August 13, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The complete text of this document is also available for 
inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC 
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW, Rm. CY-
A257, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Gelb, 202-418-2019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission finds that this change will 
be structural rather than substantive, and will not require change to 
the FCC's rules. The amendments adopted herein pertain to agency 
organization, procedure, and practice. Consequently, the notice and 
comment and effective date provisions of the Administrative Procedure 
Act contained in 5 U.S.C. 553(b) and (d) do not apply. Accordingly, it 
is ordered that, pursuant to sections 1, 4, 5(b), 5(c), 201(b), and 
303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 
154, 155(b), 155(c), 201(b), 303(r), this Order is adopted.
    This is a summary of the Commission's Order, FCC 19-3, adopted on 
January 29, 2019, and released on February 4, 2019. The document is 
available for download from the FCC's website at: https://www.fcc.gov/document/establishment-fraud-division-enforcement-bureau.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-16388 Filed 8-9-19; 8:45 am]
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