Advisory committees provide federal departments and agencies with access to expertise and advice on a broad range of issues affecting policies and programs. The public, in return, is afforded an opportunity to provide input into a process that may form the basis for government decisions. Most advisory committees at the FCC are established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92-463). Other advisory groups are either exempted from FACA by Congress or are task forces not subject to FACA.
Current Advisory Committees Established Under FACA
- Communications Equity and Diversity Council
- Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council
- Consumer Advisory Committee
- Disability Advisory Committee
- North American Numbering Council
- Precision Ag Connectivity Task Force
- Technological Advisory Council
- World Radiocommunication Conference
Advisory Groups, Task Forces, and Other Groups Not Subject to FACA
- Broadband Data Task Force
- Connect2HealthFCC Task Force
- Task Force to Prevent Digital Discrimination
- Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services
- Intergovernmental Advisory Committee
- Native Nations Communications Task Force
Previous Advisory Committees and Groups
- Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee
- Diversity Federal Advisory Committee
- Downloadable Security Technology Advisory Committee
- Emergency Access Advisory Committee
- Ending 9-1-1 Fee Diversion Now Strike Force
- Hospital Robocall Protection Group
- Local and State Government Advisory Committee
- Open Internet Advisory Committee
- Task Force on Optimal Public Safety Answering Point Architecture
- Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee