Legal, Regulatory and Public Policy

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ATIS monitors regulatory, legislative and other public policy developments in support of its role as a leader in the development of technical and operational standards. ATIS serves as an educational resource on policy developments that affect members, and promotes a regulatory legislative and legal environment that supports the development and deployment of technical and operations solutions and standards.

Regulatory Reports

On a quarterly basis, ATIS prepares reports on legal, regulatory and legislative developments of interest to ATIS members. Click here to review past reports. (Access is restricted to ATIS members only.)

ATIS has prepared an index of regulatory proceeding.This cumulative index shows the dockets and issues that have been included in ATIS quarterly regulatory reports and indicates the date of the report that describes the last action or other development. The index also includes citations to the dates of previous regulatory reports that refer to specific proceedings/issues.

Legal Training for ATIS Committee Leadership

The presentation, provided in April 2008, offers guidelines for ATIS committee leaders on matters such as antitrust, copyright and patent issues.

This presentation, provided in June 2009, describes ATIS' Intellectual Property Rights policies.

Access is restricted to ATIS members only.

Recent ATIS Activities

September 25, 2009
Letter sent on behalf of ATIS' Telecommunications Fraud Prevention Committee to the Federal Trade Commission recommending that compliance with the Red Flags Rule not be delayed beyond November 1, 2009 ...more

September 23, 2009
Letter filed on behalf of ATIS' Network Reliability Steering Committee (NRSC) providing input for consideration in the FCC's review of its data collection, processing, and analyses and dissemination systems and processes ...more

September 22, 2009
Comments filed on behalf of ATIS' Network Reliability Steering Committee (NRSC) in response to the FCC's Broadband Public Notice #3 in GN Docket Nos. 09-45, 09-51, 09-137 highlighting the work of the NRSC that may be of interest to the Commission in its consideration of telework...more

August 3, 2009
Comments filed on behalf of ATIS' Ordering and Billing Forum in response to the FCC’s FNPRM in WC Docket No. 07-244 addressing additional steps that can be taken to improve the local number portability process in light of the new one day porting interval for simple wireline and simple intermodal port requests...more

June 22, 2009
Letter from ATIS’ Telecommunications Fraud Prevention Committee to U.S. House of Representatives Henry A. Waxman, Joe Barton, John Conyers, Jr., and Lamar Smith expressing support for HR. 1110, the “Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement Act of 2009” (PHONE Act 2009)... .more

June 9 , 2009
Letter from ATIS’ Telecommunications Fraud Prevention Committee to U.S. Senator Rockefeller and Senator Hutchison expressing support for S.30, "Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009"...more

June 8, 2009
ATIS files comments in response to a FCC Notice of Inquiry regarding the development of a national broadband plan. The comments highlight the significant broadband-related work already accomplished and currently underway by the industry in ATIS forums and committees and encourage the FCC to consider this work when developing its broadband plan...more.

May 29, 2009
Letter to NIST from ATIS’ Optical Transport and Synchronization Committee (OPTXS) in response to a request for input on Federal agencies use of GPS and their need for backup systems…more.

May 8, 2009
Letter to FCC Nominating Susan Miller, ATIS President and CEO, to serve on the Communications, Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council...more.

January 15, 2009
AISP.4-HAC files the Eighth HAC Status Report on behalf of its members in WT. Docket No. 07-250 of the Commission’s Rules Governing Hearing Aid Compatible Mobile Handsets...more.

December 11, 2008
Letter filed on behalf of ACTA to the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau notifying the Bureau of potential irregularities of non-compliance with Part 68 of the Commission’s rules...more.