Shutdown Rules Complex for Broadcasters, Oxenford Says
It’s not clear how interested parties will raise issues about the FCC’s draft agenda items for the Jan. 30 meeting with staff furloughed, Wilkinson Barker broadcast attorney David Oxenford blogged Friday. The rules on what FCC services are available during…
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the shutdown (see 1901040008) are “complex and open to interpretation,” Oxenford said. Though the agency didn’t mention it in the shutdown PN (see 1901020048), the online public file database has been shuttered while the FCC is closed, Oxenford said. That means public file updates such as quarterly issues programs lists -- due Thursday -- can’t be uploaded, he said. Broadcasters are required to provide access to backups of their political files when the FCC is offline, Oxenford said. “Luckily, with few elections taking place at the moment, this should not generally be a widespread issue, but it could obviously become an issue should the shutdown persist." The agency didn't comment right away.