Virtual Ida Hearing Headlines Oct. 26 FCC Agenda
A virtual hearing on Hurricane Ida headlines a skinny agenda for the Oct. 26 commissioners’ meeting. Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced the hearing last week when the FCC approved 4-0 NPRM on making networks more resilient during disasters (see 2109300069).…
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“The information gleaned from this hearing will serve as a foundation for recommendations and actions to make our networks more resilient before the next unthinkable event occurs,” she said in a Monday post: “We’ll be hearing from a variety of viewpoints.” The agenda includes an unspecified national security item, Rosenworcel said. “Since January we’ve maintained a proactive and meaningful response to security threats to our communications networks, and this item will continue that effort.” Rosenworcel said an item slated for a vote will update the TV table of allotments and “delete or revise rules rendered obsolete” by the end of the broadcast incentive auction and the DTV transition. A third round of funding for the Connected Care Pilot program will be considered, Rosenworcel wrote. It would help "a range of nonprofit and public health care providers connect with their patients" and "support internet access for patients and providers, focusing on maternal health and high-risk pregnancy, public health epidemics, opioid dependency, mental health, and chronic conditions," she said.