Subj : Other Ham Radio News
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Dec 31 2018 04:53 pm
FCC to Suspend Most Operations on Jan. 3, if Government Shutdown Continues
If the partial lapse in federal government funding continues, the FCC
will suspend most operations on Thursday, January 3, at mid-day. At
that time, employees will have up to 4 hours to complete an orderly
shutdown of operations. Work required for the protection of life and
property will continue, however, as will any work related to spectrum
auctions, which is funded by auction proceeds. In addition, the Office
of the Inspector General will continue operations until further notice.
ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, said in such situations, the FCC
website would go offline, including the Universal Licensing System (ULS)
and the Commission Registration System (CORES). "This means all
electronic license transactions would stop," Somma said. "FRN
registrations would be unavailable, and even the search engines would
be unavailable."
The FCC said it will release a Public Notice on January 1, detailing
the specific effects that a suspension of operations would have,
including the impact on electronic filing and database systems, filing
deadlines, regulatory and application fee payments, transaction shot
clocks, and more.
The FCC has released its overall shutdown plan. The resumption of normal
operations will also be announced on the FCC's website.
Agencies affected by the shutdown make up about a quarter of that portion
of the federal government funded by Congress. Some 350,000 government
employees have been furloughed since the partial shutdown began on
December 22.
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