‘‘(A) the budget of the Commission for the 
current fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) the appropriations for the Commission 
for such fiscal year; and 
‘‘(C) the total number of full-time equiva-
lent employees of the Commission; and 
‘‘(2) the performance plan most recently made 
available by the Commission under section 1115(b) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(g) INTERNET PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN FCC POLI-
CIES AND PROCEDURES.—The chairman of the Commission 
shall— 
‘‘(1) publish on the Internet website of the Com-
mission any policies or procedures of the Commission 
that— 
‘‘(A) are established by the chairman; and 
‘‘(B) relate to the functioning of the Com-
mission or the handling of the agenda of the 
Commission; and 
‘‘(2) update such publication not later than 48 
hours after the chairman makes changes to any such 
policies or procedures. 
‘‘(h) FEDERAL REGISTER PUBLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any document 
adopted by the Commission that the Commission is 
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required, under any provision of law, to publish in 
the Federal Register, the Commission shall, not later 
than the date described in paragraph (2), complete all 
Commission actions necessary for such document to be 
so published. 
‘‘(2) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date described in 
this paragraph is the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the day that is 45 days after the date 
of the release of the document; or 
‘‘(B) the day by which such actions must be 
completed to comply with any deadline under 
any other provision of law. 
‘‘(3) NO EFFECT ON DEADLINES FOR PUBLICA-
TION IN OTHER FORM.—In the case of a deadline that 
does not specify that the form of publication is publi-
cation in the Federal Register, the Commission may 
comply with such deadline by publishing the docu-
ment in another form. Such other form of publication 
does not relieve the Commission of any Federal Reg-
ister publication requirement applicable to such docu-
ment, including the requirement of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(i) CONSUMER COMPLAINT DATABASE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In evaluating and processing 
consumer complaints, the Commission shall present 
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information about such complaints in a publicly 
available, searchable database on its website that— 
‘‘(A) facilitates easy use by consumers; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent practicable, is sortable 
and accessible by— 
‘‘(i) the date of the filing of the com-
plaint; 
‘‘(ii) the topic of the complaint; 
‘‘(iii) the party complained of; and 
‘‘(iv) other elements that the Commis-
sion considers in the public interest. 
‘‘(2) DUPLICATIVE COMPLAINTS.—In the case of 
multiple complaints arising from the same alleged 
misconduct, the Commission shall be required to in-
clude only information concerning one such com-
plaint in the database described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(j) FORM OF PUBLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In complying with a re-
quirement of this section to publish a document, the 
Commission shall publish such document on its 
website, in addition to publishing such document in 
any other form that the Commission is required to use 
or is permitted to and chooses to use. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Commission shall by rule 
establish procedures for redacting documents required 
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to be published by this section so that the published 
versions of such documents do not contain— 
‘‘(A) information the publication of which 
would be detrimental to national security, home-
land security, law enforcement, or public safety; 
or 
‘‘(B) information that is proprietary or 
confidential. 
‘‘(k) TRANSPARENCY RELATING TO PERFORMANCE IN 
MEETING FOIA REQUIREMENTS.—The Commission shall 
take additional steps to inform the public about its perform-
ance and efficiency in meeting the disclosure and other re-
quirements of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), 
including by doing the following: 
‘‘(1) Publishing on the Commission’s website the 
Commission’s logs for tracking, responding to, and 
managing requests submitted under such section, in-
cluding the Commission’s fee estimates, fee categories, 
and fee request determinations. 
‘‘(2) Releasing to the public all decisions made 
by the Commission (including decisions made by the 
Commission’s Bureaus and Offices) granting or deny-
ing requests filed under such section, including any 
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such decisions pertaining to the estimate and applica-
tion of fees assessed under such section. 
‘‘(3) Publishing on the Commission’s website 
electronic copies of documents released under such sec-
tion. 
‘‘(4) Presenting information about the Commis-
sion’s handling of requests under such section in the 
Commission’s annual budget estimates submitted to 
Congress and the Commission’s annual performance 
and financial reports. Such information shall include 
the number of requests under such section the Com-
mission received in the most recent fiscal year, the 
number of such requests granted and denied, a com-
parison of the Commission’s processing of such re-
quests over at least the previous 3 fiscal years, and 
a comparison of the Commission’s results with the 
most recent average for the United States Government 
as published on www.foia.gov. 
‘‘(l) PROMPT RELEASE OF STATISTICAL REPORTS AND 
REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than January 15th of 
each year, the Commission shall identify, catalog, and pub-
lish an anticipated release schedule for all statistical reports 
and reports to Congress that are regularly or intermittently 
released by the Commission and will be released during such 
year. 
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‘‘(m) ANNUAL SCORECARD REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the 1-year period begin-
ning on January 1st of each year, the Commission 
shall prepare a report on the performance of the Com-
mission in conducting its proceedings and meeting 
the deadlines established under subsection (a)(2)(E) 
and the guidelines established under subsection 
(a)(2)(F). 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report required by para-
graph (1) shall contain detailed statistics on such 
performance, including, with respect to each Bureau 
of the Commission— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each type of filing spec-
ified in subsection (a)(2)(E) or (a)(2)(F)— 
‘‘(i) the number of filings that were 
pending on the last day of the period cov-
ered by such report; 
‘‘(ii) the number of filings described in 
clause (i) for which each applicable deadline 
or guideline established under such sub-
section was not met and the average length 
of time such filings have been pending; and 
‘‘(iii) for filings that were resolved dur-
ing such period, the average time between 
initiation and resolution and the percentage 
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