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  1. Executive Agency
  2. Created: 1934
  3. Title of Chief Officer: chair
  4. Functions: regulates interstate and foreign communications systems, including radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable systems; oversees the provision of efficient, reasonably priced telephone and telegraph systems; uses broadcast communications to promote public safety and strengthen national defense efforts
  5. Agencies and Commissions: Cable Services Bureau, Common Carrier Bureau, Compliance and Information Bureau, International Bureau, Mass Media Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau