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Will Wiquist, 202-418-0509
will.wiquist@fcc.gov 
For Immediate Release
FCC ANNOUNCES TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR JANUARY OPEN MEETING
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WASHINGTON, January 10, 2017 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom 
Wheeler announced that the following item is tentatively on the agenda for the January Open 
Commission Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 31, 2017:
Streamlining the Public File Rules: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that 
would eliminate the requirement that commercial broadcast stations retain copies of letters and 
emails from the public in their public inspection file and the requirement that cable operators 
retain the location of the cable system’s principal headend in their public inspection file.
The Open Meeting is scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305 of the Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order 
constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).