Effective today (November 2, 2020) at 6:00 PM Central, Louisiana will release its Public Service Commission from reporting obligations to the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in response to Hurricane Zeta. Businesses may resume telephone solicitations in Louisiana at that time.
For more information or to check on the status of the calling prohibition, please visit http://www.lpsc.louisiana.gov/emergency.aspx.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Reassigned Numbers Database is set to commence on April 15th, 2021. On that date service providers must submit monthly reports detailing all disconnected and reassigned numbers. The April 15th compliance date marks the beginning of the FCC’s effort to build a robust database that will prevent inadvertent calls to reassigned numbers; however, the FCC intends to [...]
President Joe Biden has appointed Jessica Rosenworcel as the Acting chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), replacing outgoing chairman under the Trump administration, Ajit Pai. Rosenworcel will lead the agency until an official chair is confirmed. Rosenworcel is a familiar face with the FCC, having previously served as a staff member in the early 2000’s, and a commissioner for [...]
On December 30, 2020, the FCC released its Fourth Report and Order to continue implementation of the TRACED Act. Passed by Congress in 2019, the TRACED Act directed the FCC to, among other things, combat illegal robocalls by providing a safe harbor for voice service providers (VSPs) that erroneously block calls and streamline the process to identify and correct call [...]
