The government shutdown is over, most FCC staffers are
supposed to be back at their desks, but, according to the Broadcast Law Blog,
not everything is operating as normal yet today.
The Commission has published a notice saying that most
filing deadlines that fall on or before October 21 remain suspended, and
parties with such deadlines should refrain from filing anything with such a
deadline until the FCC issues further guidance. Note that this guidance applies
only to FCC deadlines, not court deadlines or other filing dates that may be
set by law and cannot be waived by the FCC.
If you have an important filing deadline coming up, Broadcast Law Blog
advises to check with counsel as to how this may affect you.
According to BLG, as of 9:45 AM, the FCC's website seems to have returned to
operation, though there have been sporadic problems from time to time during
the course of the morning.
It does appear that routine FCC applications can be filed at
this time. But watch for more
information as it becomes available for the many deadlines to be faced by
broadcasters – including the LPFM window, and the myriad routine filing
deadlines which all came and went while the government was closed.
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