The Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services also known as the Section 706 Joint Conference on Advanced Services was created by the FCC in 1999, pursuant to section 410(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, with endorsement by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). Section 706 refers to the Telecommunications act of 1996. In this section the code states that the FCC is to "encourage the deployment on a reasonable and timely basis of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans." The Joint Conference is intended to serve as a forum for ongoing dialogue among the FCC, state regulators, and local and regional entities about the deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities, and to identify a set of "Best Practices" that promote rapid deployment, particularly to benefit the underserved. The Joint Conference has held a series of field hearings across the country and has conducted Broadband Summits.
The Joint Conference was originally composed of six commissioners from state public utilities commissions (nominated by NARUC) and five from the FCC. The Joint Conference meets three times a year in closed meetings. In 2003 the FCC raised the number of State Commissioners up to seven, although currently there are just four.
Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, FCC (Joint Conference Federal Chair)
Chairman Tom Wheeler, FCC
Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, FCC (former Joint Conference Federal Chair)
Commissioner Ajit Pai, FCC
Commissioner Michael O'Rielly, FCC
Commissioner Betty Ann Kane, District of Columbia Public Service Commission
Commissioner Catherine J.K. Sandoval, California Public Utilities Commission
Commissioner Swati Dandekar, Iowa Utilities Board
Commissioner Gregg C. Sayre, New York State Public Service Commission
Chairman William E. Kennard, FCC (former Joint Conference Federal Chair)
Commissioner Kevin J. Martin, FCC (former Joint Conference Federal Chair)
Commissioner Susan Ness, FCC
Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, FCC
Commissioner Gloria Tristani, FCC
Chairman Michael K. Powell, FCC,
Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy, FCC
Commissioner Michael J. Copps, FCC
Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein, FCC
Chairman Julius Genachowski, FCC
Commissioner Robert M. McDowell, FCC
Commissioner G. Nanette Thompson, Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Commissioner Irma Muse Dixon, Louisiana Public Service Commission
Chair Jo Anne Sanford, North Carolina Utilities Commission.
Chairman Bob Rowe, Montana Public Service Commission
Commissioner Susan P. Kennedy, California Public Utilities Commission
Chairman Thomas L. Welch, Maine Public Utilities Commission
Chairman Deborah T. Tate, Tennessee Regulatory Authority
Commissioner Larry S. Landis, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
Commissioner Randy Mitchell, South Carolina Public Service Commission
Commissioner Geoffrey G. Why, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable
Commissioner Stephen Michael Bloom, Oregon Public Utility Commission
Chairman Robert M. Clayton III, Missouri Public Service Commission
Chairman Carlito P. Caliboso, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
Commissioner Rachelle Chong, California Public Utilities Commission
Commissioner Michael Moffet, Kansas Corporation Commission
Deputy Chair Steve Furtney, Wyoming Public Service Commission
Commissioner Lila Jaber, Florida Public Service Commission
Commissioner Brett Perlman, Public Utility Commission of Texas
3/8/2000 Meeting of Joint Conference and Initial Hearing - Washington DC
4/17/2000 Western Regional Field Hearing, Anchorage, Alaska
4/19/2000 Midwestern Regional Field Hearing, Sioux City, Nebraska
5/22/2000 Northeastern Regional Field Hearing, Lowell, Massachusetts
6/9/2000 Gulf States and Southeast Regional Field Hearing, Miami, Florida
6/21/2000 Field Hearing, Montana State University
6/23/2000 Mountain West Regional Field Hearing, Cheyenne, Wyoming
11/06/2008 Broadband Summit: Connecting America - San Jose, California
2/7/2013 Broadband Summit: Broadband Adoption and Usage - What Have We Learned? - Washington, DC
11/19/2014 Panel on the FCC's Open Internet Proposals, Section 706, the Communications Act and the Role of the States
7/15/2015 Best Practices in Changing Times - New York, New York
11/062002 Broadband Services In The United States: An Analysis of Availability and Demand - prepared by the Florida Public Service Commission, Office of Market Monitoring and Strategic Analysis.
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