# Presentation: 319858

## ENFORCEMENT BUREAU

## Enforcement Bureau Overview

**Mission:***	*Investigate and respond quickly to possible violations 			of the Communications Act, as amended, and the 			Commission’s rules and orders.
**A Stepped up Approach under Chairman Martin has Produced Significant Results:**
- Over 7,100 enforcement actions, including NALs and Consent Decrees
- More than 12,600 inspections
- Almost 850 cases successfully resolving public safety and other interference issues
- Over $151 million in proposed fines and forfeitures

## Promoting More Efficient Use of the Spectrum through Enforcement

**Unauthorized Provision of Service/Equipment**
- Almost $22 million in forfeitures for providing unauthorized service
- $19.6 million in Consent Decrees to resolve investigations into whether certain satellite radio receivers complied with FCC technical equipment requirements
- 170 investigations regarding unauthorized equipment
**Unauthorized Transfer of Control**
- Over 15 unauthorized transfer of control enforcement actions, proposing forfeitures totaling $565,000
**Auction Collusion**
- Acted to enforce the Commission’s auction collusion rules, proposing forfeitures totaling $65,000

## Helping Transition to DTV  

**DTV Labeling Enforcement**
- Nearly 4,400 retailer inspections
- Over 350 citations
- Over $4.7 million in NALs and Consent Decrees
**DTV Tuner Enforcement**
- NALs and Consent Decrees against eight companies totaling more than $3.7 million
**DTV Consumer Education Enforcement**
- NAL for $51,000 for failure to notify customers of the transition
- Commission is considering $11.25 million of fines collectively against seven companies for notification failures

## Helping Transition to DTV

**DTV V-Chip Enforcement**
- NALs and Consent Decrees against 10 companies totaling almost $5 million
**DTV Consumer Outreach**
- Over 10,000 visits to consumer centers – including senior centers and libraries
- 2,100 presentations held or scheduled by Field Office Staff throughout the U.S.

## Addressing Public Safety Needs 

**Wireless and VoIP E911 **
- NALs and Consent Decrees totaling over $4 million
**Interference to Public Safety Communications**
- Responded to almost 850 cases and proposed monetary
- 	forfeitures totaling nearly $50,000
- Provided communications interference resolution at national security events
**Emergency Alert System, Tower Lighting, **
**	****Fencing, and Radio Frequency Radiation Enforcement**
- Over 8,200 compliance inspections conducted throughout the country
- Forfeitures totaling nearly $2.5 million
**ESF-2**
- Provided on-the-ground leadership and ongoing support in resolving communications infrastructure needs stemming from natural disasters

## ProtectingConsumers from Harm 

**Pursue Violations of the Do-Not-Call, Pre-Recorded Advertisements and Junk Fax Requirements**
- Nearly 2800 Citations issued
- Close to $20 million in proposed forfeitures
**Protect Consumers’ Sensitive, **
**	****Personal Information**
- Over 5,000 CPNI carrier compliance certifications reviewed
- 25 proposed forfeitures totaling over $2.1 million

## ProtectingConsumers from Harm

**Broadcast Obscenity, Profanity and Indecency**
- Proposed forfeitures to more than 150 different licensees and affiliates totaling almost $5.4 million
**Sponsorship ID/Payola**
- $12.5 million in Consent Decrees with strong compliance plans
- NALs for improper use of video news releases
**Cable Services**
- Proposed forfeitures of $67,500 for unlawfully reducing the service provided to CableCard subscribers without notice or reducing the rates charged for that service

## Enforcement Bureau Staff

- None of these accomplishments
- would be possible without the
- hard work and dedication of
- the Enforcement Bureau’s
- staff and managers!

- THANK YOU!!