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FCC Announces Tentative Agenda For September Open Meeting

27/08/2015

Media Contact:

Will Wiquist, 202-418-0509

will.wiquist@fcc.gov

For Immediate Release

FCC ANNOUNCES TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER OPEN

MEETING

--

WASHINGTON, August 27, 2015 - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom

Wheeler announced that the following items are tentatively on the agenda for the September

Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 17, 2015:

Modernizing Contest Rules -

The Commission will consider a Report and Order to provide

broadcasters greater flexibility in their disclosure of contest terms.

Submarine Cable Reliability -

The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking that proposes to require submarine cable licensees to report outages.

The Open Meeting is scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305 of the Federal

Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order

constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).
LINK: http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-announces-tentative-agenda-september-o...
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