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What is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the U.S. federal government’s regulatory agency for the majority of telecommunications activity within the country. The FCC oversees radio, television, telephone, satellite, and cable communications, and its primary statutory goal is to expand U.S. citizens’ access to telecommunications services.

The Commission is organized into 7 bureaus:

  • Consumer & Governmental Affairs
  • Enforcement
  • Media
  • Space
  • Wireless Telecommunications
  • Wireline Competition
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security

As an agency, the FCC receives its high-level directives from Congressional legislation and is empowered by that legislation to establish legal rules the industry must follow.

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APHIS Revises Web Links for Phytosanitary Treatment and Quarantine Import Regulations
September 30, 2024 |USDA

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is revising some web links related to phytosanitary treatment and quarantine import regulations so that the regulations reflect APHIS' relocation of import and treatment requirements for agricultural commodities to the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements (ACIR) online database. The revision is effective Oct. 1, APHIS said in a notice.

Topics:Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
APHIS to Allow Fresh Table Beet Root Imported From UK
September 26, 2024 |USDA

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is allowing the importation of fresh table beet root (Beta vulgaris L.) for consumption from the U.K., it said. APHIS will allow fresh table beet root imports effective Sept. 27, it said in a notice. "Based on findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh table beet root from the United Kingdom," APHIS said.

Topics:Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
US Grape Growers Challenge USDA's Change in Import Requirements for Chilean Table Grapes
September 18, 2024 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

Three grape grower trade groups filed a complaint on Sept. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Agriculture Department's notice allowing table grapes from Chile to be imported under a "systems approach" as opposed to using the standard fumigation requirements (California Table Grape Commission v. United States Department of Agriculture, D.D.C. # 24-02645).

Topics:Entry Type 86 , Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)