United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2025_register executive 2025-01-21 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1cf5fe38f D09002ee1cf5fe40e United States Federal Communications Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection associated with the rule adopted in a Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Resilient Networks Second Report and Order) requiring cable communications, wireless, wireline, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to report their infrastructure status information in the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) daily when the Commission activates DIRS in geographic areas in which they provide service, even when their reportable infrastructure has not changed compared to the prior day. It also codifies, in the Commission's outage reporting rules, that a subject provider's Networks Outage Reporting System reporting obligations are waived while they report in DIRS and requires that subject providers who report in DIRS provide a single, final DIRS report to the Commission, within 24 hours of the Commission's deactivation of DIRS, that provides the status of their infrastructure identified to the Commission during the DIRS reporting period that has not yet been fully restored at the time of the deactivation. This document is consistent with the Resilient Networks Second Report and Order, which states the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing a compliance date for the rule section and revise the rule accordingly. 90 FR 6839 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-01-21/2025-00495 2025-00495 fr21ja25-12 6712-01-P PS Docket Nos. 21-346, 15-80 ET Docket No. 04-35 FCC 24-5 FR ID 272202 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-01-21/2025-00495 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/html/2025-00495.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2025-00495.pdf Communications Equipment Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Telecommunications 2 p. 6839 6840 90 FR 6839 Title 47 Part 4 47 CFR Part 4 Resilient Networks; Disruptions to Communications; Federal Register Vol. 90, Issue RULE 2025-00495 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 2025-02-20 2024-04-11 PS Docket Nos. 21-346, 15-80 ET Docket No. 04-35 FCC 24-5 FR ID 272202 6712-01-P 2025-00495 Final rule, announcement of compliance date.

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection associated with the rule adopted in a Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Resilient Networks Second Report and Order) requiring cable communications, wireless, wireline, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to report their infrastructure status information in the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) daily when the Commission activates DIRS in geographic areas in which they provide service, even when their reportable infrastructure has not changed compared to the prior day. It also codifies, in the Commission's outage reporting rules, that a subject provider's Networks Outage Reporting System reporting obligations are waived while they report in DIRS and requires that subject providers who report in DIRS provide a single, final DIRS report to the Commission, within 24 hours of the Commission's deactivation of DIRS, that provides the status of their infrastructure identified to the Commission during the DIRS reporting period that has not yet been fully restored at the time of the deactivation. This document is consistent with the Resilient Networks Second Report and Order, which states the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing a compliance date for the rule section and revise the rule accordingly.

Effective February 20, 2025. Compliance with 47 CFR 4.18, published at 89 FR 25535, on April 11, 2024, and 89 FR 32373 on April 26, 2024, is required as of February 20, 2025. In addition, this document removes 47 CFR 4.18(c), which advised that compliance with the new rules would not be required until Sec. 4.18(c) is removed or the Commission announces a compliance date. Logan Bennett, Attorney Advisor, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-7790 or logan.bennett@fcc.gov. For additional information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act information collection requirements contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-2991 or via email: Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Communications Equipment Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Telecommunications Resilient Networks; Disruptions to Communications, fcc504@fcc.gov logan.bennett@fcc.gov Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov PRA@fcc.gov Vol. 90, no. 12 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2025-01-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 884 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-01-21 P0b002ee1cf5fc18b 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21ja25 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-01-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/FR-2025-01-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/xml/FR-2025-01-21.xml fdlp 6777 7648 DGPO 2025-01-21 2025-01-21 FR-2025-01-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2025-01-21 90 12