FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON 
OFFICE OF 
THE CHAIRMAN 
The Honorable Charles E. Schumer 
United States Senate 
322 Hart Senate Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20510 
Dear Senator Schumer: 
April 5, 2016 
Thank you for your letter regarding the waiver petition filed by the Enlarged City School 
District of Middletown, NY. Your views are very important and will be included in the record of 
the proceeding, CC Docket No. 91-281, and considered as part ofthe Commission's review. 
As you know, the Commission's rules prohibit common carriers from disclosing the 
calling party telephone number to the called party when the calling party has chosen to block 
caller identification information from being transmitted. This requirement was adopted to 
protect the privacy of consumers who choose not to disclose their phone numbers to called 
parties. Nonetheless, as our Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau has recognized in past 
cases where calls with blocked caller ID information have been used to convey threats, such an 
exigency justifies the limited waiver of our rule in order to facilitate prompt investigation of the 
threatening calls. 
The Bureau issued a Public Notice seeking comment on the Middletown petition on 
March 2, 2016. Comments were due on March 16, and reply comments on March 23. The 
Bureau is now closely examining the record and the issues presented in the waiver petition, and 
expects to issue its decision in the immediate future. 
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further 
assistance. 
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