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ConstraintProcess & self-service2006-11-29
US outage reports to the communications regulator must be submitted by a person the provider authorises, and the final report attested by that person on oath
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Event date / reported
2006-11-29
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Outage reporting and accountability
Reporting major outages to regulators and answering for what happened.
Still human-led✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
United States, communications providers. The rule says notification and initial and final outage reports shall be submitted by a person authorised by the provider to submit them, who is also authorised to legally bind the provider to the truth of the report, and that each final report shall be attested by that person, who on oath states that the information is true, correct and accurate. It governs how outages are reported, not how troubleshooting is done.
What this means
However much of the diagnosis is automated, the account given to the regulator must come from a named, authorised person who swears to it.
What it does not yet show
A US rule for communications providers; it does not govern enterprise networks or how outages are fixed.
What you can check
Open 47 CFR 4.11 on eCFR and find "shall be submitted by a person authorized by the communications provider".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. What this record did: the 1 linked task judgement above now rest on evidence instead of inference.
Source
Federal Communications Commission — 47 CFR 4.11, Notification and initial and final reports for outages (71 FR 69037, Nov. 29, 2006, as amended) · verified 2026-09-29 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-09-29 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.