Five docket items are on the agenda for the next FCC open Commission meeting, scheduled for Thursday (6/25). Among them are two Public Safety & Homeland Security items for consideration by the three voting members of the agency.
The first of the two items from this arm of the FCC will see the Commission consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that take steps to modernize the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA).
The Report and Order “aims to preserve the public’s trust in EAS by requiring targeted cybersecurity improvements to protect the system from cybercriminals and our nation’s adversaries.”
The Further Notice would propose additional ways to modernize EAS and WEA to make them more helpful to alerting authorities, less burdensome for participating communications providers, and better able to save lives.
This will come after the Commission will consider a Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to improve reliability and interoperability in the nation’s Next Generation 911 (NG911) transition.
The item would modernize and streamline 911 reliability rules for IP-based networks, promote interstate interoperability of NG911 systems, and eliminate unnecessary regulatory burdens, the Republican majority asserts.
Also on the agenda is an Office of International Affairs item in which the Commissioners will consider a Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would accelerate buildout of secure submarine cable infrastructure, while strengthening national security.
Additionally, two Wireline Competition items will be considered, to start the latest Open Meeting.
