The Office of the Secretary’s Reference Information Center (RIC) is the official Commission custodian for designated records.
The RIC provides a convenient location for members of the general public wishing to research and obtain record information. Customers are varied and include industry associations, attorneys, academic researchers, and individual consumers. RIC handles the intake, processing, organization, maintenance, retrieval and retirement of record information on applications, formal and informal proceedings, and FCC programs and activities.
Hours of Operation:
Walk-in service is available Tuesdays, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. At all other times, arrangements to review records must be made in advance by contacting the Reference Information Center by email at RICRequest@fcc.gov.
The FCC headquarters building is not open access and all guests must check in with and be screened by FCC security at the main entrance on L Street. Visitors during Tuesday walk-in hours will not be required to have an appointment but must otherwise comply with protocols outlined at: www.fcc.gov/visit.
Record Request Form:
Please use this form to request information for retrieval. In accordance with section 0.460 of the Commission’s rules, records sought to be reviewed must be reasonably described by the person requesting them to permit their location by staff personnel. Advice concerning the kind of information needed to locate particular records will be furnished in advance upon request. Members of the public will not be given access to the area in which records are kept and will not be permitted to search the files.
For further information about the Reference Information Center, please contact Melissa Askew, Supervisor, Reference Information Center, at (202)418-0193, or email at ECFSHelp@fcc.gov.