As a follow-up to our posting on September 17, 2015, and in response to questions we have received from several of our readers, I wanted to clarify that the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) revision to its contest rules did not go into effect immediately after its September 17 meeting.
In fact, the revised rules must first be reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB is the agency that approves the changed rules and it will determine when they will go into effect. OMB’s approval and the effective date it sets will be announced in the Federal Register.
We called the FCC to confirm this procedure. The FCC anticipates the process will probably take between four to six months from the Commission’s September meeting.
This post was written by retired Thompson Coburn partner Dale Joerling. If you have any questions about the topics discussed in this post, please contact Thompson Coburn partner Hap Burke.