FCC Furloughs 1,000 Employees Amid Government Shutdown

FCC furloughs 1,000 employees amid government shutdown

The front of the Federal Communications Commission building in Washington, D.C. (FCC public domain image) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has furloughed more than 1,000 non-essential workers as part of the agency’s government shutdown contingency plan, The Desk has learned. The agency currently employs nearly 1,300 government workers, of which around 1,050 have been placed on a temporary unpaid leave of absence after Congress failed …

FCC Filing Systems: Hit or Miss During Shutdown - Inside Towers

Due to the federal government shutdown, some FCC public facing filing systems and databases will remain available while others will not. Available to the public: the Network Outage Reporting System, the Disaster Information Reporting System, the Public Safety Support Center, PSIX-ESIX interference complaints reporting system, the Electronic Document Management System, the Auctions Public Reporting System, the Auction Bidding System, the Daily D…

FCC Plans to 'Suspend Most Operations' Wednesday in Likely Government Shutdown

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr emphasized Tuesday that he was "ready to go" with what the commission said would be a suspension of "most operations" after midnight Wednesday if Congress couldn't reach a deal on a continuing resolution to extend federal...