[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 32 (Friday, February 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 10279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03313]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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Open Commission Meeting Wednesday, February 17, 2021

February 10, 2021.
    The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on 
the subjects listed below on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, which is 
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m.
    Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and related agency telework 
and headquarters access policies, this meeting will be in a wholly 
electronic format and will be open to the public on the internet via 
live feed from the FCC's web page 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: Presentation on
                                                the Emergency Broadband
                                                Benefit Program.
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will hear a presentation
                                                on the creation of an
                                                Emergency Broadband
                                                Benefit Program.
                                                Congress charged the FCC
                                                with developing a new
                                                $3.2 billion program to
                                                help struggling
                                                Americans to pay for
                                                broadband internet
                                                service during the
                                                pandemic.
2......................  WIRELINE COMPETITION  Title: Presentation on
                                                COVID-19 Telehealth
                                                Program.
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will hear a presentation
                                                about the next steps for
                                                the agency's COVID-19
                                                Telehealth program.
                                                Congress recently
                                                provided an additional
                                                $249.95 million to
                                                support the FCC's
                                                efforts to expand
                                                connected care
                                                throughout the country
                                                and help more patients
                                                receive health care
                                                safely.
3......................  OFFICE OF ECONOMICS   Title: Presentation on
                          AND ANALYTICS,        Collection of Broadband
                          WIRELINE              Deployment Data.
                          COMPETITION AND      Summary: The Commission
                          WIRELESS TELE-        will hear a presentation
                          COMMUNICATIONS.       on the work the agency
                                                is doing to collect
                                                precise and accurate
                                                fixed and mobile
                                                broadband deployment
                                                data as part of its
                                                mission to close the
                                                digital divide.
4......................  PUBLIC SAFETY &       Title: 911 Fee Diversion
                          HOMELAND SECURITY.    (PS Docket No. 20-291);
                                                New and Emerging
                                                Technologies 911
                                                Improvement Act of 2008
                                                (PS Docket No. 09-14).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Notice
                                                of Proposed Rulemaking
                                                that would implement
                                                section 902 of the Don't
                                                Break Up the T-Band Act
                                                of 2020, which requires
                                                the Commission to take
                                                action to help address
                                                the diversion of 911
                                                fees by states and other
                                                jurisdictions for
                                                purposes unrelated to
                                                911.
5......................  WIRELINE COMPETITION  Title: Implementing the
                                                Secure and Trusted
                                                Communications Networks
                                                Act (WC Docket No. 18-
                                                89).
                                               Summary: The Commission
                                                will consider a Third
                                                Further Notice of
                                                Proposed Rulemaking that
                                                proposes to modify FCC
                                                rules consistent with
                                                changes that were made
                                                to the Secure and
                                                Trusted Communications
                                                Networks Act in the
                                                Consolidated
                                                Appropriations Act,
                                                2021.
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    The meeting will be webcast with open captioning 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#44222727717470042227276a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a5c59590f0a0e7a5c5959145d554c">[email protected]</span></a> or call 
the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530.
    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.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-03313 Filed 2-18-21; 8:45 am]
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