FCC Meeting Delayed Briefly Due to Nearby Security Scare

Commission gets all clear after streets were closed for suspicious package outside nearby building

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/17/2012 10:20:27 AM

The FCC's October open meeting had to be rescheduled to 11 a.m. Wednesday due to what a spokesman for the chairman said was a "security" issue in the area.

According to an FCC staffer, the issue was a suspicious package/vehicle at nearby 12th and C Streets -- not immediately in front of the FCC -- that required road closures.

The chairman's office said they had gotten the all clear.

The FCC is scheduled to vote on freeing up more spectrum for wireless broadband; creating bill shock usage alerts;  and an order protecting public safety "answering points" from autodial calls -- so, say, emergency calls would not have to wait for a carpet cleaning robocall to end.