Subj : Other Ham Radio News
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 04 2019 09:20 am
From the Jan. 4, 2019 release of Amateur Radio Newsline
BREAKING NEWS: FCC SUSPENDS OPERATIONS ON JAN. 3 FOLLOWING GOVT. SHUTDOWN
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We begin this week with breaking news. Newsline went to
production on Thursday, January 3rd, just hours after the Federal
Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., shut many of its operations,
becoming one of the many U.S. government agencies to close down in the wake
of the Dec. 22 partial government shutdown. The FCC made its announcement
as deadlock between the president and Congress over funding for the
controversial Mexican border wall entered its 14th day. FCC systems to
remain available to the public include the Universal Licensing System, the
Commission Online Registration System, the Auction Application System, and
the Auctions Public Reporting System. Spectrum auctions and related
activities are to continue, because the auctions are funded by their own
proceeds. The FCC had originally been expected to shut previously, but the
agency announced in late December it was able to delay such action for a
little while, because it had come up with available funds to continue its
operations. With the partial closure, visitors to the FCC's website will
still be able to get online, but the agency will not be updating any
information displayed there, search engines will not work, license
transactions will cease -- and there will be no access to data about
informal complaints filed with the agency. The Office of the Inspector
General is to remain open.
(WIRED, ASSOCIATED PRESS, FCC)
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As a result, on the BBS, the "HamData Callsign Updates Bulletin", will
NOT be updated after the post on Jan. 4, 2019, until after the partial
government shutdown ends, and the FCC can "clear the backlog".
