Additional Reporting and Compliance Requirements -
The Federal Communications Commission published a Final Rule in the Federal Register on Tuesday, imposing new reporting requirements on public, educational and...more
FCC Looking to Increase Eligibility for Reimbursement -
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comments on a proposal to expand what services are eligible for reimbursement under the E-rate eligible services...more
The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the FCC have released a set of proposals that could enhance public housing residents’ access to broadband services. In a three-part series of BB&K Legal Alerts, we have...more
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking to impose new and unfunded mandates on local governments related to the accessibility of broadband services in federally funded...more
The Federal Communication Commission's recent expansion of Universal Services from supporting only voice services to broadband services (also known as the “Lifeline Broadband program”) could lead to enhanced broadband...more
Public and Private Agencies' Rates Could Be Impacted -
The FCC is expected to issue a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on April 28 that will rewrite the rules that protect local governments, public agencies and...more
FCC Will Seek Comments -
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday took two steps designed to give consumers greater access to multichannel video programming, including programming now provided via public,...more
New Federal Bill for Transportation Funding on the Road to Passage -
As we previously reported on our blog, Congress is racing toward an Oct. 29 expiration date for federal surface transportation programs critical...more
Municipalities Should Ensure They Will Be in Compliance -
A new California law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday deems approved an application for new wireless towers and facilities and some colocations. The law...more
For the first time, FCC regulations will cover location of 911 calls placed within buildings.
Historically, the FCC’s requirements for accuracy in determining and transmitting the location of wireless 911 calls were...more
The Federal Communications Commission recently closed a spectrum auction that raised more than $41 billion. Among the companies making a large investment in the auction was Verizon. It reportedly spent $10.4 billion for this...more
Decision Clarifies that Local Government’s Decision Need Not State Reasons if they are Contemporaneously Published Elsewhere -
A local government need not state the reasons for its denial of a new cell-tower...more
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BB&K Partner Gerard Lederer quoted by Telecommunications Reports Daily in coverage of webinar on wireless towers and the new FCC rules.
Local government officials and those in the wireless industry are closely...more
The FCC adopted new rules at its Oct. 17 meeting that are likely to require changes in the way local governments respond to applications for siting wireless towers, and for adding antennas to, and modifying, existing...more
A reporter for Telecommunications Reports was one of the attendees of the Best Best & Krieger webinar “New FCC Rules Will Require New Approach to Siting of Wireless Facilities.” The free webinar on Nov. 5 was in response to...more
Water Resources Reform and Development Act (H.R. 3080) authorized flood protection, navigation and ecosystem restoration projects to help upgrade the nation’s aging infrastructure. A key WRRDA provision requires local project...more
A federal inter-agency Chemical Facility Safety and Security Working Group has called for the elimination of an exemption currently enjoyed by water and wastewater treatment facilities from the Chemical Facility and...more
EPA Extends Comment Period on Waters of the U.S. -
Additional Time to Provide Comments on EPA Rulemaking -
The Environmental Protection Agency extended the comment period on the Waters of the United States...more
After seven years of effort, Congress passed H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act. President Obama is poised to add his signature. This is a vitally important piece of legislation for BB&K clients and...more
Applications due June 13 for grants that will promote sustainable economic development -
New grants from the United States Department of Agriculture will help promote sustainable economic development in rural...more
BB&K is Assembling a Coalition of Local Governments and Educators to Provide Input to FCC -
The Federal Communication Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) released a second public notice seeking focused...more
In This Presentation:
FCC Issues -
• When will we have a 5 person Commission?
• Issues
..E Rate and help for broadband adoption
..Demise of Title II regulation and the rise of net...more
The Federal Communications Commission, in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) released yesterday, declared that connection to the Internet alone will no longer be the standard of success for the E-rate program. Speed and...more
In This Presentation:
- Promises Made in Support of State Franchising
- History of State Franchising
- Evaluation of Benefits/Promises
- Losses That Can Be Documented
- Excerpt from Promises Made in...more