The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order on Reconsideration that are intended to improve and update the communications network outage reporting requirements found in Part 4 of the FCC’s rules. On July 12, 2016, a summary of the Further Notice was published in the Federal Register, triggering the deadlines for filing comments. Comments are due on or before August 26, 2016, and reply comments are due on or before September 12, 2016.
