Federal Communications Commission
Independent U.S. government agency
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| January 2 2025 | The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the FCC lacked authority to adopt net neutrality regulations in April 2024, stating the regulations violate federal law. |
| April 2024 | The FCC re-adopted net neutrality rules by a 3-2 vote, prohibiting internet service providers from blocking or limiting user access. |
| 2023 | Andrew Tisinger publicly criticized the FCC for preferring proprietary closed standards over international open standards in communications technology, highlighting issues of vendor lock-in and anticompetitive practices. |
| September 5 2023 | Commissioner Nathan Simington held a public forum on the tech-focused social news site Hacker News. |
| April 11 2023 | The new Space Bureau officially launched, aimed at improving the agency's capacity to regulate satellite internet access. |
| January 4 2023 | The FCC voted unanimously to create a new Space Bureau and Office of International Affairs, replacing the existing International Bureau. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel stated the move was to improve government coordination and support the satellite industry. |
| 2022 | The FCC had an estimated fiscal budget of US $388 million and employed 1,433 federal personnel. |
| October 2020 | The FCC moved to its new headquarters in the Sentinel Square III building in northeast Washington, D.C. |
| 2018 | The Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) was created by merging staff from the now-defunct Office of Strategic Planning & Policy Analysis with economists from various other offices. |
| June 11 2018 | The 2015 net neutrality rules officially expired, effectively repealing the previous regulations. |
| December 14 2017 | The FCC voted 3-2 to repeal the 2015 net neutrality rules. |
| April 27 2017 | FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise the legal foundation for Open Internet regulations. |
| April 13 2015 | The FCC published the final rule on its new Net Neutrality regulations. |
| March 12 2015 | The FCC released the specific details of its net neutrality rules. |
| February 26 2015 | The FCC reclassified broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, subjecting it to Title II regulation and providing a legal basis for net neutrality rules. |
| November 10 2014 | President Obama recommended that the FCC reclassify broadband Internet service as a telecommunications service to preserve net neutrality in a YouTube video. |
| December 2010 | The FCC revised its Internet policy principles and adopted the Open Internet Order, establishing three key rules: transparency, no blocking of lawful content, and no unreasonable discrimination. |
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