As part of the agency’s efforts to improve the efficiency of its operations, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says it will soon take action to remove thousands of dormant proceedings from its docket.
The plan, detailed in a Public Notice issued by the agency in early May, would terminate 2057 docketed Commission proceedings in which no further action is required or anticipated, or in which no pleadings or other documents have recently been filed.
According to FCC Chair Brendan Carr, the planned termination of the identified dormant proceedings is required “to clear out the regulatory underbrush that has built up over the years.” Carr also notes that eliminating the identified proceedings “will free up staff resources to focus on the agency’s core mission…It’s time for these deadwood proceedings to go.”
A complete list of the proceedings identified for removal is available at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-376A2.pdf.
Public comment on the proceedings proposed for removal can be filed through the Commission’s electronic comment filing system at https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/ (reference CG Docket No. 25-165). Comments must be filed by early June in order to be considered.
The text of the FCC’s Public Notice regarding its plan to remove inactive proceedings from its docket is available at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-376A1.pdf.
