On December 1, 2021 APCO filed comments on the FCC’s Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Docket 21-343, Enhancing Security of Public Safety Answering Point Communications. This proceeding involves the establishment of a Public Safety answering point Do-Not-Call registry. Highlights of APCO’s comments are:
- APCO agrees that granting autodialer operators direct access to a centralized database of ECC phone numbers poses security concerns.
- Service providers are equipped to provide the call blocking function and safeguard sensitive ECC information.
- Confidence that ECC’s information is secure will increase the likelihood that ECC’s participate.
- Supports requiring service providers to report the number of autodialed calls to ECC that are blocked.
- A simple process should be established for ECC’s to report autodialed calls that bypass the service provider’s protections.
To view the full comments submitted by APCO go to the APCO Advocacy web page https://www.apcointl.org/advocacy/public-filings/ . For comments submitted by all other commenters go to the FCC Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) web page https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/filings?proceedings_name=21-343&sort=date_disseminated,DESC