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Carr: FCC Ready if Shutdown Hits This Week

Agency ‘crunching the numbers’ to gauge how long it could operate without new funding.

Jericho Casper

Sep 29, 2025 — 2 min read

Photo of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr speaking with NCTA CEO Cory Gardner at the 2025 SCTE TechExpo on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission has a “playbook” ready if the government shuts down this Wednesday, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Monday.

“We have been hard at work the last couple of weeks preparing for a possible government shutdown,” Carr said, speaking to attendees at the 2025 SCTE TechExpo. “Hopefully we don't get there, but we do have a game plan in place.”

Carr said the FCC’s chief of staff has been coordinating with other federal offices on contingency planning and that the FCC was still crunching numbers to determine exactly how long it could operate if Congress fails to appropriate new funding.

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