FCC Public Safety Bureau 911 Plans Include Reporting Fee Diversion Early Next Year
The FCC pledged more work on 911 systems next year. The Public Safety Bureau is finalizing its latest report on state 911 fees, including which states divert funds, to submit to Congress by year-end and release it online in early…
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2019, Chief Lisa Fowlkes blogged Tuesday. The bureau is “hard at work” to improve 911 calling from multiline telephone systems by the September statutory deadline, and is studying the record on wireless 911 location, she said. Expect commission action in 2019, she said. It’s also reviewing feedback on how to route wireless 911 calls more quickly, but Fowlkes gave no date for action. Commenters backed the thrust of FCC proposals to improve MLTS 911 calling, while industry voiced concerns about possible "dispatchable location" rules (see 1812110025).