FCC Open Meeting Recap: August 5, 2022

Published: Aug. 9, 2022, 9:41 p.m.

b'Full Spectrum\\u2019s FCC Open Meeting Recaps feature a first take and analysis following the FCC\\u2019s monthly Open Meetings, with an emphasis on the agenda items directly impacting our clients. \\n\\nThis month, Special Counsel Mike Dover discusses the establishment of the Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program to provide eligible governmental and non-governmental entities funding to conduct outreach to increase awareness of and encourage participation in the Affordable Connectivity Program among eligible low-income households (0:47) and the consideration of a Third Report and Order which would establish the one-year Your Home, Your Internet Pilot Program with the goal of increasing awareness of the Affordable Connectivity Program among recipients of federal housing assistance and facilitating enrollment in the ACP by providing targeted assistance with the ACP application (10:50).\\n\\nPartner Chip Yorkgitis discusses several space-oriented items, including a report and order and further notice of proposed rulemaking concerning rules for the 17 GHz frequency band to support more intensive satellite use of the spectrum (18:18) and the adoption of a Notice of Inquiry that would examine opportunities and challenges of in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing \\u2013 or \\u201cISAM\\u201d \\u2013 that can support sustained economic activity in space (29:31).\\n\\nSubscribe for ongoing coverage of these topics and future FCC Open Meetings. The next FCC Open Meeting is slated for September 29, 2022.'