Chair of the Federal Communications Commission

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The Chair of the Federal Communications Commission is the head of the U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chair of the Federal Communications Commission canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal executive position
government position
public office
appointedBy President of the United States
appointedFor fixed term
canBeRemovedBy President of the United States
chairs meetings of the Federal Communications Commission
confirmedBy United States Senate
country United States of America
formationDate 1934
goal encourage deployment of advanced communications services
promote competition in communications markets
protect consumers of communications services
hasAuthorityOver broadcast licensing
cable television operators
satellite service providers
telecommunications carriers
headOf Federal Communications Commission
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
legalBasis Communications Act of 1934
memberOf Federal Communications Commission
numberOfCommissionersIncludingChair 5
officeLocation FCC headquarters, Washington, D.C.
linked to: FCC headquarters
oversees FCC enforcement actions
FCC licensing processes
FCC rulemaking
partOf Federal Communications Commission
policyArea broadband policy
consumer protection in communications
media regulation
net neutrality
spectrum management
telecommunications regulation
universal service
reportsTo President of the United States
residence Washington, D.C.
responsibleFor cable communications policy
radio communications policy
regulation of international communications
regulation of interstate communications
satellite communications policy
television communications policy
wire communications policy
sector communications
information technology
styleOfAddress Chair
Chairman
Chairwoman
termLength 5 years

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jessica Rosenworcel positionHeld Chair of the Federal Communications Commission
Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission subordinateTo Chair of the Federal Communications Commission