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=== Strategic goals ===
 
=== Strategic goals ===
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Some of the strategic goals of FCC include the following:
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FCC has set some strategic goals, which it seeks to achieve in various sectors. Some of the strategic goals set by FCC include:
* Promotion of competition in the nation’s media regulations and ensure diversity in its functioning by providing necessary support in brining out a transition towards digital modes of delivery.
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* Provide access to broadband products or services at an affordable rate to all Americans.
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'''Broadband:'''
* Effective use of non-federal spectrum both domestically as well as internationally.
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All Americans should gain an easy access to reliable and robust broadband products and services and that too at affordable rates. It wants to frame policies in such a way so that they help promote competition, technological neutrality, investment so that the broadband service providers are able to develop products and services, which Americans can easily afford.
* Provide communications facilities at the times of crises and emergencies to ensure public safety.
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* Modernize the FCC and make it an innovative organization.<ref>[http://www.fcc.gov/omd/strategicplan FCC strategic plan]</ref>
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'''Spectrum:'''
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The FCC also wants to ensure that there is an effective and efficient use of non-federal spectrum both domestically as well internationally. It also wants to promote growth and proper deployment of efficient and sophisticated communication technologies.
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'''Media:'''
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The FCC also wants to create some strategic media regulations, which will increase competition and ensure diversity in the media and also wants to facilitate the digital modes of delivery in the media.
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'''Competition:'''
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The FCC also wants to ensure that there is adequate competition in the provision of communications service both nationally as well as internationally so that it supports the nation’s economy. The FCC wants to foster a competitive framework for communications services so that it encourages innovation and provides American consumers with meaningful, reliable and affordable communications services.
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'''Public Safety and Homeland Security:'''
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The FCC also wants to make sure that Americans are able to have an easy access to all communications even in the times of emergencies and crises so that there is adequate public safety, defense, health and reliable infrastructure as and when required by the people of America. The FCC wants to make the communications infrastructure of America highly reliable, redundant, interoperable and rapidly restorable.
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'''Modernize the FCC:'''
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The FCC shall work towards making itself highly innovative, adaptive and productive organization whose main focus would be on providing huge benefits to its staff, stakeholders, processes, organizational culture, processes and management from effective systems. <ref>[http://www.fcc.gov/omd/strategicplan/ Strategic plan]</ref>
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== Relations with ICANN ==
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The relation of FCC with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN) is of what a government has with corporate bodies. The FCC is a regulator whereas ICANN is a private sector, non-profit, technical coordinating body. <ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_and_its_responsibilities_to_the_global_public_interest/ circleid.com]</ref>
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== References ==
 
== References ==
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