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Federal agencies seek coordinated action on national telemarketing rules. (Telecommunications Law Update).
Jurisdiction over the industries covered by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) is shared by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which regulates telecommunications carriers and their networks, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has broad authority in the consumer-protection arena. Recent actions by both agencies suggest that they are making substantial progress on a coordinated approach to addressing consumer concerns over intrusive telemarketing.
In September 2002, the FCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comments on whether it should revise the TCPA rules it first adopted in 1992. In the 1992 rulemaking, the …
