FCC Asks Public: Please Help Us Reduce Our Paperwork
Published Date: 12/15/2025
Notice
Summary
The FCC is checking in on some paperwork rules to make sure they’re still useful and not too much work, especially for small businesses. They want your thoughts by February 13, 2026, to help keep things clear and easy. This review affects over 4,000 businesses and involves about 24,600 hours of work yearly, but it won’t cost anyone extra money.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Paperwork Burden on ~4,100 Businesses
The FCC is reviewing an information collection (OMB 3060-0548) that currently covers 4,103 business respondents and 49,236 responses. The collection is estimated to cause 24,618 total annual burden hours and a total annual cost of no cost; the FCC seeks comments by February 13, 2026 on ways to reduce this paperwork burden, including impacts on small businesses with fewer than 25 employees.
Customer-Service Collection Burden on Operators/Governments
The FCC is also reviewing a separate collection (OMB 3060-0652) that lists 540 respondents and 1,102,100 responses, with an estimated 34,650 total annual burden hours and no total annual cost. The agency requests comments by February 13, 2026 on reducing burden and improving clarity, including for small entities.
Cable Subscribers Get Must-Carry Info & Notices
Cable systems must keep a public file listing all broadcast TV stations they carry and must respond in writing within 30 days to any written request for identification of signals carried. Operators must notify subscribers by June 2, 1993 and annually thereafter, and to each new subscriber at installation, about stations that cannot be viewed without a converter box and offer to sell or lease a converter box.
Required Customer Service Notices and Billing Rules
Cable operators must provide written information at installation, at least annually, and on request about products, prices, installation and maintenance policies, channel positions, and billing and complaint procedures. Operators must give subscribers at least 30 days' advance written notice of rate or service changes (or as soon as possible if outside the operator's control) that includes the precise amount and an explanation, and must respond to written billing disputes within 30 days. Local franchise authorities must give affected cable operators 90 days' written notice before enforcing customer service standards.
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