Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"



DA 20-365
Released:  April 1, 2020

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON REQUESTING SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY AND WAIVERS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has created a compilation of instructions for filing Special Temporary Authority (STA) and waiver requests in response to the declaration of national emergency due to COVID-19 issued on March 13, 2020. See Proclamation No. 9994, 85 Fed. Reg. 15,337 (Mar. 18, 2020) (proclaiming that the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. constitutes a national emergency, beginning on Mar. 1, 2020).
   

The WTB STA and Wavier Filing Guide can be found online at: http://www.fcc.gov/research-reports/guides/wtb-special-temporary-authority-and-waiver-request-filing-guide. 

In an effort to share information during this time of national emergency, the FCC may issue news releases detailing grants of emergency STA requests not otherwise available electronically in ULS.  The substance of the emergency STA requests and the FCC’s grants may also be provided on the FCC’s website.  
	


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