STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN AJIT PAI Re: Rules and Policies Regarding Calling Number Identification Services – Caller ID; Waiver of Federal Communications Commission Regulations at 47 C.F.R. § 64.1601(b) on Behalf of Jewish Community Centers, CC Docket No. 91-281 The rash of threatening phone calls placed to many Jewish Community Centers earlier this year highlighted a disturbing trend: The number of threatening phone calls is on the rise. 1 This Report and Order responds to this development by enabling law enforcement to quickly obtain caller ID information following a threatening phone call to persons or property. This information could save lives and help apprehend those making such calls. Moreover, this measure is justified because callers who make threats should have no legitimate expectation of privacy that their caller ID information will remain secret. I want to thank the staff for all their hard work on this Report and Order. From the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, thanks to Micah Caldwell, Nellie Foosaner, Karen Schroeder, Kurt Schroeder, Richard Smith, Nancy Stevenson, Mark Stone, Kristi Thornton, and Patrick Webre; from the Office of General Counsel, Douglas Klein, William Layton, Richard Mallen, Linda Oliver, and Bill Richardson; from the Wireline Competition Bureau, Kirk Burgee, Daniel Kahn, Melissa Kirkel, and Ann Stevens; and from the Office of Communication Business Opportunities, Belford Lawson. 1 See, e.g., Eric Levenson and AnneClaire Stapleton, Jewish Center Bomb Threats Top 100; Kids Pulled from Schools (Mar. 13, 2017), http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/us/bomb-threats-jewish-centers-jcc/ (reporting over 100 threats to 80 Jewish Community Centers); Associated Press, Statistics: Bomb Threats to Schools in New Hampshire are Up (Aug. 21, 2016), http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/21/statistics-bomb-threats-to-schools-in- new-hampshir/ (reporting an increase in threats to New Hampshire schools); United States Bomb Data Center, Bomb Threats across the U.S. (May 24, 2016), https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/docs/bomb-threats-across- us/download (finding an 84% increase in bomb threats to schools from 2010-2016 and an increase in bomb threats to residences) (ATF Report); Richard J. Bayne, Swatting Epidemic ‘out of control’ in Middletown School District (Feb. 27, 2016), http://www.recordonline.com/news/20160227/swatting-epidemic-out-of-control-in-middletown- school-district (reporting a rash of threats made to various schools in New York and the adverse impact on students); James Fisher, More School Threats in Region; FBI Assisting (Jan. 19, 2016), http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/01/19/fresh-round-school-threats-tuesday/78999668/ (reporting multiple phone threats to schools in Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts).