The FCC Wireless Bureau clarified Thursday that presentations...
The FCC Wireless Bureau clarified Thursday that presentations made to the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee on the 1695-1710 MHz and 1755-1780 MHz bands are not subject to ex parte requirements, even if FCC staff are present at the meetings.…
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“While the CSMAC’s meetings are open to the public, the FCC’s ex parte requirements could, depending on the particular factual circumstances, be triggered if FCC decision makers are present, and oral or written presentations are made,” the notice said (http://bit.ly/1eN2AxY). “Similarly, meetings of the CSMAC’s five working groups could, depending on the particular factual circumstances, be subject to the Commission’s ex parte rules when FCC decision makers are present, if oral or written ex parte presentations are made.” To prevent that, the bureau established a limited exemption in the AWS-3 proceeding from the ex parte disclosure requirements for presentations made in formally organized meetings of the CSMAC or its working groups. “This exemption does not change the nature of public CSMAC proceedings; it simply allows FCC staff to participate without triggering disclosure requirements under the Commission’s ex parte rules,” the notice said.