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ATIS Legal and Public Policy Work

ATIS works on a variety of legal and public policy issues in support of its core mission. The ATIS Legal website includes information on ATIS’:
  • Public Policy Filings
  • Operational Policy
  • Intellectual Property Rights Policy
  • Formal Liaisons with Industry Organizations

Legal Training for ATIS Committee Leadership

ATIS provides training for its committees and forum on matters such as antitrust, copyright and patent issues. The goal of this training is to ensure that ATIS committees avoid sensitive legal issues and comply with the established ATIS operating procedures. The most recent training materials, provided in April of 2010, can be found below.

ATIS Legal Training, April 2010 (Access is restricted to ATIS members only)

ATIS 2012 Dues Structure and Impact on Operating Procedures, February 2012 (Access is restricted to ATIS members only)



 
   Recent Activity

_ February 15, 2012
Letter filed by ATIS on behalf of its NRSC in response to the information (“the draft template”) provided by the FCC on February 6, 2012, as it relates to the issue of the possible expansion of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) to broadband and video services...more

_ February 10, 2012
Ex Parte filed by ATIS on behalf of its NGIIF, in CC Docket No. 01-92 and WC Docket No. 07-135, regarding a meeting held between NGIIF representatives and representatives from the FCC Call Completion Task Force to provide an update on the committee's work on call completion issues...more

_ February 9, 2012
Reply Comments filed by ATIS on behalf of its WTSC, ESIF, PTSC and NGIIF expressing ATIS' continued support of the establishment of a near-term target date for the availability of any interium solution and urging the Commission to recognize the challenges associated with direct SMS-to-PSAP solutions and to exercise caution when evaluating single-vendor solutions and research data presented that contradict what industry experts have stated...more

_ February 8, 2012
Letter filed by ATIS on behalf of its NRSC to provide input to the FCC proposing an approach to Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) expansion that would allow relevant information to be provided for infrastructure impacts that affect VoIP...more

_ February 2, 2012
Letter and information filed by ATIS on behalf of COAST in response to a Request for Information issued by the Department of Homeland Security on the transferring of time via fiber network technologies...more

_ January 30, 2012
Ex Parte filed by ATIS on behalf of the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments (ACTA), in CC Docket No. 99-216, regarding a meeting held between ACTA representatives and representatives from the Commission's Wireline Compeition and Enforcement Bureaus to request that the Commission provide the ACTA and the industry with guidance regarding what equipment and services should fall under Part 68 and thus require registration under the ACTA terminal equipment database...more

_ January 18, 2012
Letter to Chief Barnett and Chief Gillett, filed by ATIS on behalf of its NGIIF, as an initial response to DA11-1985, December 6, 2011, regarding ATIS’ Work pertaining to Call Termination Issues to provide an update on ATIS' efforts to assist the Commission’s Rural Call Completion Task Force in the evaluation of technical issues that may be relevant to the call termination issues that have been experienced by the industry...more

_ December 20, 2011
Ex Parte filed by ATIS on behalf of the INES Incubator, in PS Docket No. 11-153 and 10-255, regarding a meeting held between INES participants and representatives from the Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau to discuss the INES Report and Recommendations...more

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December 12, 2011
Comments filed by ATIS on behalf of WTSC, PTSC, NGIIF, ESIF and the INES Incubator, in PS Docket Nos. 11-153 and 10-255, urging the Commission to adopt the recommendations of the ATIS INES Incubator regarding an interim solution for texting to 9-1-1...more