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Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program
The Federal Communications Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 15, 2024. It took effect on September 16, 2024.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) codifies the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) challenge process deadline as required by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, delegates authority to the offices and bureaus to conduct BDC audits, and clarifies that providers must submit detailed data to seek restoration for those locations or areas on the National Broadband Map (NBM).
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-16935
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- August 15, 2024
- Takes effect
- September 16, 2024
- Dates
- Effective September 16, 2024.
- Docket
- WC Docket Nos. 19-195, 11-10; FCC 24-72; FR ID 233875
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 1
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Broadband; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Telecommunications
- Pages
- 15
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