Government shutdown in effect, however FCC remains open.
Remaining funding from the previous appropriation means the agency will remain operational until further notice.
As Congress did not agree on funding for some federal agencies by the Friday at 11:59PM deadline, the Government is technically shut down as of this morning.
However, when agencies still have remaining funding from past appropriations, the agencies can continue to operate until funding is exhausted.
This is the case with the Federal Communications Commission.
Last night, the FCC announced that despite the partial lapse in federal government funding, the Commission will continue normal operations until further notice.
Filing systems and databases will remain available and normal filing deadlines will remain until further notice.
If the Commission has to cease normal operations, they will issue a subsequent Public Notice.
All REC systems will remain operational until further notice.
For more information on government shutdowns and how they could impact operations at the FCC and at REC Networks, please see the REC Networks Government Shutdown page:
Great breakdown of how the FCC can still function during the shutdown! I worked in broadcasting for a bit and always wondered how these continuity scenarios worked. The fact that remaining appropriation funds let them operate is pretty clever actually, though I bet manny smaller agencies don't have that cushion. Thanks for sharig the shutdown resource page too.