---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 0.15"
title: "47"
number: "0.15"
heading: "Functions of the Office."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/0.15"
---

# §0.15. Functions of the Office.

- (a) Enhance public understanding of and compliance with the Commission's regulatory requirements through dissemination of information to the news media.
- (b) Act as the principal channel for communicating information to the news media on Commission policies, programs, and activities.
- (c) **Advise the Commission on information dissemination as it affects liaison with the media.**
- (d) **Manage the FCC's Internet site and oversee the agency's Web standards and guidelines.**
- (e) Maintain liaison with the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau on press and media issues concerning consumer assistance and information including informal consumer complaints.
- (f) Manage the FCC's audio/visual support services and maintain liaison with outside parties regarding the broadcast of Commission proceedings.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 60716, Nov. 8, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 13217, Mar. 21, 2002; 67 FR 46112, July 12, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155, 225, and 409, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155, 225, 409, and 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 60716, Nov. 8, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 13217, Mar. 21, 2002; 67 FR 46112, July 12, 2002]