FCC's ECFS Deluged With Errant Filings Due to 'Routine Software Update'
Thousands of unusual, nearly blank filings in docket 20-99 inundated the FCC’s electronic comment filing system this week, complicating routine searches. An FCC spokesperson said Thursday the agency was working to fix the issue, and it appears to have been…
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caused by a "routine software update that impacted some files in the database.“ All the filings (here is one representative sample) are labeled as though they were submitted by individual people, and many contain blank attachments. All were filed in the docket that pertains to a Dish Network carriage dispute. Communications Daily first noticed small volumes of the errant filings on Monday, but their pace appeared to have dramatically increased by Thursday, when the docket contained more than 15,000 submissions.