Government Shutdown
FCC Continues to Suspend Most Operations During
Government Shutdown. As the government shutdown continues,
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) operations
remain significantly impacted. Key licensing databases continue to
be down; however, the Network Outage Reporting System (NORS),
Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS), and Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS), along with certain other systems,
remain accessible.
Please note that most comments and filing deadlines remain
tolled during the shutdown, with the same few exceptions that the
Commission previously announced. While the FCC continues to
circulate and vote on items at its monthly meetings, FCC leadership
has
acknowledged that fewer items than expected were circulated for
November, and this trend could continue into future months if the
shutdown persists. FCC guidance on the shutdown can be found here
and here.
Wiley's most recent client alert on the shutdown
