HOW TO FIND FCC STUFF ON THE WEB
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HOW TO FIND
FCC STUFF ON THE
WEB
Susan Bahr, Esq.Law Offices of Susan
Bahr, PC(301) 258-8947
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AGENDA• BACKGROUND
• FINDING STUFF RELEASED BY THE FCC
• FINDING SPECIFIC FCC RULES
• FINDING STUFF SUBMITTED BY INTERESTED PARTIES
• FINDING CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS
• FINDING COURT OPINIONS
• FUTURE CHANGES
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BACKGROUND
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Constitution
President
Congress
Courts
Interested Parties
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STATUTE
• Communications Act of 1934, as amended
• Found at 47 U.S.C. § 151, and so on, where U.S.C. = U.S. Code
• Was amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996
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COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION
• Section 154 of the Act –– 5 Commissioners appointed by
President, consent of Senate– 3 from same political party
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ORGANIZATION OF FCCwww.fcc.gov/fccorgchart.html
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THINGS THE FCC DOES
• Makes rules
• Enforces rules
• Executes rules (e.g., grants licenses)
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HOW RULES ARE MADE(Sometimes)
Notice of Inquiry (NOI)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
Order (e.g., “Report and Order” or “Memorandum Opinion and Order”),maybe New Rules and a News Release
Petition for Reconsideration (PFR)
Petition for Review(Appeal) in Court
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FINDING STUFF
RELEASED BY THE
FCC
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WHAT THE FCC RELEASES
• News Releases• Notices
– of Inquiry– of Proposed Rulemaking
• Orders– Report and Order– Memorandum Opinion and Order
• Public Notices
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DOCKETS AND DOCUMENT NUMBERS
DOCUMENTNUMBER
DOCKETNUMBER
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PUBLIC NOTICEFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION445 12th STREET, S.W.WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 DA 99-2334News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov
Released: October 27, 1999
Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment onJoint Submission of Program Administrators Regarding Consolidated
Data Collection Procedures and Cost Allocation Methodology
PUBLIC NOTICEFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 DA 99-2334News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov
DOCKETS AND DOCUMENT NUMBERS (contd)
DOCUMENTNUMBER
• FCC/DA # - "Document number"; identifies specific document by number; "FCC“: document was adopted at Commission level; "DA“: document was adopted by "delegated authority“ such as Common Carrier Bureau; “99“: released in 1999
• Docket - Proceeding for specific topic; "99" = began 1999
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FCC WEB SITE
• Three ways to find documents released by FCC– Search for them– Go directly to them using the URL– Look in the Daily Digest
www.fcc.gov
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SEARCHING FOR FCC DOCUMENTS
• Go to www.fcc.gov, click on Search, click on FCC Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS)
• Search on any information you have, such as:– Bureaus – usually Common Carrier– FCC number – document number– DA number – document number– Title Contains – this can be tricky!– Docket or RM– Date range
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• NOTE: ".txt" doesn't have footnotes, but loads faster.
• For hard copies, always use ".doc", ".pdf" or ".wp" files because they have footnotes.
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GO DIRECTLY TO THE FILE USING THE URL
• FCC File name conventions -www.fcc.gov/ftp/reference_tools/guide.html
• General form of Common Carrier Bureau file names
where:
type = News_Releases, Orders, Notices (i.e., NPRMs
or NOIs), Public_Notices
year = 1999, 2000, 2001, etc.
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/type / year / filename
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filename =
For News Releases: nr cc 6 123 . txt -------------- nrcc6123.txt | | | | |__ format (txt,pdf,doc,wp,etc.) | | | |_news release number | | |_decade year | |_Common_Carrier Bureau |_News Release
For some Public_Notices: pn cc 6 123 . txt -------------- pncc6123.txt | | | | |__ format (txt,pdf,doc,wp,etc.) | | | |_public notice number | | |_decade year | |_Common_Carrier Bureau |_Public Notice
For Orders, NPRMs, NOIs, and some Public Notices: da 96 123 . txt -------------- da960123.txt fcc 96 123 . txt -------------- fcc96123.txt | | | |__ format (txt,pdf,doc,wp,etc.) | | |_sequential document number | |_Year |_Who adopted it
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Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-171____________________________________________________________ Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )CC Docket No. 94-158Amendment of Policies and Rules )Concerning Operator Service )Providers and Call Aggregators )
SECOND REPORT AND ORDER
Adopted: July 12, 1999; Released: July 19, 1999 By the Commission:
I. INTRODUCTION
In this Second Report and Order, we amend our rules governing operator service providers (OSPs)147 C.F.R. § 64.708(g).
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DOCUMENTNUMBER
DOCKETNUMBER
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99171.wp
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DAILY DIGESTDaily Digest
Federal Communications Commission News media information 202 / 418-0500445 12th St., SW Internet: http://www.fcc.govWashington, D.C. 20554 TTY: 202/418-2555
Vol. 20 No. 42 February 21, 2001
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http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/2001/da010422.doc
(e.g., Orders, Notices)OTHER CATEGORIES:PUBLIC NOTICES, NEWS RELEASES
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HOW TO GET THE DAILY DIGEST
• Three ways– Follow the link from the FCC’s Web
Page– Get it delivered via email each day
•For the above two options, go to www.fcc.gov, click on Daily Digest, and follow the instructions
– Use the URLhttp://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/2001/dd010208.html
http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/2001/ddtoday.html
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FINDING SPECIFIC
FCC RULES
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WHERE RULES ARE PUBLISHED
Attached to the Order in which they are adopted
Published in the Federal Register –Often determines effective date
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.htm
Placed in the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html
Click on:Search or browse your choice of CFR titles and/or volumes
In the Title 47 row, click on the most recent date
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SEARCHING FOR RULES IN C.F.R.
For example, at:http://www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrassemble.cgi?title=200047
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FINDING STUFF
SUBMITTED BY
INTERESTED PARTIES
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HOW TO FIND DOCUMENTS (e.g., comments) SUBMITTED BY INTERESTED PARTIES
• Go to www.fcc.gov, click on E-Filing, click on Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), click on Search the ECFS
System
DOCKETNUMBER
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FINDING
CONGRESSIONAL
DOCUMENTS
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CONGRESS
• General information about billshttp://thomas.loc.gov/
• Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce http://www.house.gov/commerce/
• Transcripts of the House and Senate - in the Congressional Record
http://thomas.loc.gov/
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FINDING COURT
OPINIONS
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COURTS• Court opinions
– Links to federal courtshttp://www.uscourts.gov/
links.html
– Most FCC appeals go to D.C. Circuit:http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov
– U.S. Supreme Courthttp://www.supremecourtus.gov/
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COURTS (contd)
• Lists of documents filed in a court case (i.e., "docket listings") usually are available only through PACER (a fee-based service). For info,
http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
• Most documents (e.g., briefs) are not available online.
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FUTURE CHANGES
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• FCC Documents– Search using EDOCS– Use URL– Links from Daily Digest
• Rules in C.F.R.
• Comments in ECFS
• Congress and Court Websites