Federal Communications Commission
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Communications Commission canonical | 187 |
| FCC | 4 |
| U.S. Federal Communications Commission | 3 |
| Federal Communications Commission rules | 1 |
| Wireline Competition Bureau | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T146617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Communications Commission Context triple: [Starlink satellite constellation, regulatoryAuthority, Federal Communications Commission]
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A.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy and managing federal use of spectrum.
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B.
Federal Power Commission
The Federal Power Commission was an independent U.S. regulatory agency responsible for overseeing interstate electricity and natural gas markets before its functions were eventually transferred to successor agencies such as the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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C.
U.S. Department of Commerce
The U.S. Department of Commerce is a federal executive department responsible for promoting economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development through policies, data, and support for businesses and innovation.
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D.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation safety and operations.
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E.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is the federal agency responsible for overseeing and ensuring the safe use of nuclear materials and facilities in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Communications Commission Target entity description: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
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A.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy and managing federal use of spectrum.
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B.
Federal Power Commission
The Federal Power Commission was an independent U.S. regulatory agency responsible for overseeing interstate electricity and natural gas markets before its functions were eventually transferred to successor agencies such as the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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C.
U.S. Department of Commerce
The U.S. Department of Commerce is a federal executive department responsible for promoting economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development through policies, data, and support for businesses and innovation.
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D.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation safety and operations.
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E.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is the federal agency responsible for overseeing and ensuring the safe use of nuclear materials and facilities in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communications regulator
ⓘ
independent federal agency ⓘ |
| administers |
broadcast station licenses
ⓘ
satellite service licenses ⓘ wireless service licenses ⓘ |
| allocates | radio frequency spectrum in the United States ⓘ |
| appointedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
United States Department of Justice
ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Justice
National Telecommunications and Information Administration ⓘ |
| commissionerTermLength | 5 years ⓘ |
| confirmedBy | United States Senate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| enforces | communications laws and regulations ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| governingBody | five-member commission ⓘ |
| hasChairman | Jessica Rosenworcel ⓘ |
| headquartersBuilding | 45 L Street NE, Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1934 ⓘ |
| involvedIn | net neutrality policy in the United States ⓘ |
| issues | rules and regulations for communications industries ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
international communications involving the United States ⓘ interstate communications in the United States ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ |
| manages | U.S. numbering resources for telecommunications ⓘ |
| maximumCommissioners | 5 ⓘ |
| mission |
to promote connectivity and ensure a robust and competitive communications marketplace
ⓘ
to regulate interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable ⓘ |
| oversees |
E-Rate program
ⓘ
Lifeline program ⓘ Rural Health Care program ⓘ implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ⓘ universal service programs in the United States ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. federal government
|
| partyBalanceRequirement | no more than three commissioners from the same political party ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| protects |
consumers of communications services
ⓘ
public interest in communications services ⓘ |
| publishes | FCC rules in Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ |
| regulates |
amateur radio service in the United States
ⓘ
broadcast licensing in the United States ⓘ cable television ⓘ citizens band radio service in the United States ⓘ interstate telecommunications services ⓘ mobile broadband services in the United States ⓘ radio communications ⓘ satellite communications ⓘ spectrum allocation in the United States ⓘ telecommunications equipment authorization ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ wire communications ⓘ |
| replaced | Federal Radio Commission ⓘ |
| shortName |
Federal Communications Commission
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
FCC
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| supervises |
Emergency Alert System in the United States
ⓘ
Wireless Emergency Alerts system ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fcc.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Communications Commission Description of subject: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
Referenced by (196)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FCC
subject surface form:
KTBC (AM)
subject surface form:
WMCA (New York)