[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 220 (Thursday, November 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78749-78750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25297]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[FR ID 185218]


Open Commission Meeting Wednesday, November 15, 2023

    The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on 
the subjects listed below on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, which is 
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of 
the Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC.
    While attendance at the Open Meeting is available to the public, 
the FCC headquarters building is not open access and all guests must 
check in with and be screened by FCC security at the main entrance on L 
Street. Attendees at the Open Meeting will not be required to have an 
appointment but must otherwise comply with protocols outlined at: 
www.fcc.gov/visit. Open Meetings are streamed live at: www.fcc.gov/live 
and on the FCC's YouTube channel.

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        Item No.                Bureau                  Subject
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1......................  WIRELINE COMPETITION  TITLE: Preventing Digital
                                                Discrimination (GN
                                                Docket No. 22-69).
                                               SUMMARY: The Commission
                                                will consider a Report
                                                and Order and Further
                                                Notice of Proposed
                                                Rulemaking to establish
                                                a framework to
                                                facilitate equal access
                                                to broadband internet
                                                access service by
                                                preventing digital
                                                discrimination of access
                                                and seek additional
                                                comment on matters
                                                pertaining to the
                                                Commission's
                                                administration of
                                                Section 60506 of the
                                                Infrastructure
                                                Investment and Jobs Act
                                                and our efforts to
                                                facilitate equal access.
2......................  WIRELINE COMPETITION  TITLE: Empowering
                                                Survivors of Domestic
                                                Violence (WC Docket No.
                                                22-238), Lifeline and
                                                Link Up Reform
                                                Modernization (WC Docket
                                                No. 11-42), Affordable
                                                Connectivity Program (WC
                                                Docket No. 21-450).
                                               SUMMARY: The Commission
                                                will consider a Report
                                                and Order that would
                                                adopt rules to implement
                                                the Safe Connections Act
                                                of 2022 to help
                                                survivors of domestic
                                                violence and similar
                                                crimes separate lines
                                                from shared mobile
                                                accounts that include
                                                their abusers, protect
                                                the privacy of calls
                                                made by survivors to
                                                domestic abuse hotlines,
                                                and support survivors
                                                who face financial
                                                hardship through the
                                                Commission's
                                                affordability programs.
3......................  CONSUMER &            TITLE: Understanding
                          GOVERNMENTAL          Impacts of Artificial
                          AFFAIRS.              Intelligence on
                                                Robocalls and Robotexts
                                                (CG Docket No. 23-362).
                                               SUMMARY: The Commission
                                                will consider a Notice
                                                of Inquiry seeking to
                                                better understand the
                                                implications of
                                                Artificial Intelligence
                                                technologies as part of
                                                the Commission's ongoing
                                                efforts to protect
                                                consumers from unwanted
                                                and illegal telephone
                                                calls and text messages
                                                under the Telephone
                                                Consumer Protection Act
                                                (TCPA).
4......................  WIRELINE COMPETITION  TITLE: Protecting
                                                Consumers from SIM
                                                Swapping and Port-Out
                                                Fraud (WC Docket No. 21-
                                                341).

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                                               SUMMARY: The Commission
                                                will consider a Report
                                                and Order and Further
                                                Notice of Proposed
                                                Rulemaking that would
                                                adopt rules to protect
                                                consumers from SIM swap
                                                and port-out fraud, two
                                                fraudulent practices
                                                that bad actors use to
                                                take control of
                                                consumers' cell phones,
                                                and would also seek
                                                comment on whether to
                                                harmonize the
                                                Commission's existing
                                                requirements governing
                                                customer access to
                                                customer proprietary
                                                network information with
                                                the new SIM change
                                                authentication and
                                                protection measures in
                                                the Report and Order.
5......................  WIRELINE TELE-        TITLE: Amending Amateur
                          COMMUNICATIONS.       Radio Rules for Greater
                                                Flexibility in Data
                                                Communications (WT
                                                Docket No. 16-239).
                                               SUMMARY: The Commission
                                                will consider a Report
                                                and Order and Further
                                                Notice of Proposed
                                                Rulemaking that would
                                                eliminate the symbol
                                                rate (also known as baud
                                                rate) limitation and
                                                establish a bandwidth
                                                limitation that would
                                                provide flexibility to
                                                use modern digital
                                                emissions, thereby
                                                promoting innovation and
                                                experimentation in the
                                                amateur service. The
                                                item would also propose
                                                removal of the baud rate
                                                limitation in several
                                                additional bands.
6......................  WIRELINE COMPETITION  TITLE: Reducing
                                                Regulatory Requirements
                                                for Rural Provider of
                                                Long-Distance Access
                                                Service (WC Docket No.
                                                22-407).
                                               SUMMARY: The Commission
                                                will consider a
                                                Declaratory Ruling and
                                                Memorandum Opinion and
                                                Order that would grant
                                                the Minnesota
                                                Independent Equal Access
                                                Corporation (MIEAC)
                                                relief from dominant
                                                carrier regulation with
                                                respect to its provision
                                                of centralized equal
                                                access (CEA) service,
                                                and regulate MIEAC as a
                                                non-dominant competitive
                                                LEC for this service
                                                going forward. In light
                                                of declining demand,
                                                intervening exchange
                                                access service
                                                regulatory reforms, and
                                                technological changes in
                                                the voice services
                                                marketplace generally,
                                                dominant carrier
                                                regulation of MIEAC's
                                                CEA service is no longer
                                                necessary to serve the
                                                public interest.
7......................  ENFORCEMENT.........  TITLE: Enforcement Bureau
                                                Action.
                                               SUMMARY: The Commission
                                                will consider an
                                                enforcement action.
8......................  ENFORCEMENT.........
9......................  ENFORCEMENT.........  TITLE: Enforcement Bureau
                                                Action.
                                               SUMMARY: The Commission
                                                will consider an
                                                enforcement action.
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    The meeting will be webcast at: www.fcc.gov/live. Open captioning 
will be provided as well as a text only version on the FCC website. 
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.
    Press Access--Members of the news media are welcome to attend the 
meeting and will be provided reserved seating on a first-come, first-
served basis. Following the meeting, the Chairwoman may hold a news 
conference in which she will take questions from credentialed members 
of the press in attendance. Also, senior policy and legal staff will be 
made available to the press in attendance for questions related to the 
items on the meeting agenda. Commissioners may also choose to hold 
press conferences. Press may also direct questions to the Office of 
Media Relations (OMR): [email protected]. Questions about 
credentialing should be directed to OMR.
    Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from 
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500. 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.

Federal Communications Commission.

    Dated: November 8, 2023.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-25297 Filed 11-15-23; 8:45 am]
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