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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 Puts New Import Restrictions on Pork From Baltics
August 28, 2015 |USDA

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adding parts of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to its list of regions subject to import restrictions on pork and pork products because they are affected by African Swine Fever (here). Going forward, APHIS will recognize as affected with ASF “any region of the [European Union] that the EU or any EU Member State has placed under restriction because of detection of ASF,” it said.

Topics:Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
CBP Announces ACE PGA Message Set Pilots for FDA Imports
August 26, 2015 |Top News

CBP is seeking pilot participants to test Food and Drug Administration data filing and release through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), said CBP in a notice (here). The FDA partner government agency (PGA) message set pilot will test the submission of electronic "data elements required by the FDA’s cargo admissibility process under the auspices of ACE for those commodities regulated by the FDA that are being imported or offered for import" into the U.S., said CBP.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)