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| license: other
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| license_name: tensorust-sample-license
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| license_link: https://tensorust.com/datasets/ecfs-ex-parte-tracker/
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| pretty_name: "FCC Ex Parte Meeting Tracker (free sample)"
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| language:
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| - en
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| tags:
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| - tensorust
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| - sample
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| - change-tracking-feeds
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| - government-data
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| - finance
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| size_categories:
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| - n<1K
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| configs:
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| - config_name: sample
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| data_files:
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| - split: train
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| path: sample.csv
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| - config_name: summary
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| data_files:
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| - split: train
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| path: summary_by_fcc_office.csv
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| ---
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| # FCC Ex Parte Meeting Tracker: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
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| 1,348 ex parte notices in the last 12 months, split into 2,199 filer-to-FCC-office meetings with dockets and counts.
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| **Headline:** Every Notice of Ex Parte in the FCC's ECFS public API received Nov 1, 2025 to Nov 6, 2026 (1,348 notices from 601 filers), one row per office met: the Chairman's or a Commissioner's office, or a bureau.
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| This repository is a **free teaser**, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has **2,199 rows** and is sold by Tensorust LLC: **[https://tensorust.com/datasets/ecfs-ex-parte-tracker/](https://tensorust.com/datasets/ecfs-ex-parte-tracker/)**.
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| ## Files here
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| | file | what it is |
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| |---|---|
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| | `sample.csv` | 25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
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| | `summary_by_fcc_office.csv` | row counts by FCC office across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
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| ## Summary by FCC office (largest groups)
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| | FCC office | rows |
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| |---|---|
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| | Office of Chairman Brendan Carr | 430 |
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| | Office of Commissioner Olivia Trusty | 277 |
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| | Wireline Competition Bureau | 263 |
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| | Office of Commissioner Anna Gomez | 255 |
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| | Wireless Telecommunications Bureau | 187 |
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| | Space Bureau | 141 |
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| | Office of the Secretary | 130 |
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| | Media Bureau | 93 |
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| | Office of Engineering & Technology | 92 |
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| | General (Multiple Bureaus) | 74 |
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| | Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau | 73 |
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| | Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau | 63 |
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| | TOTAL | 2,199 |
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| Full table: `summary_by_fcc_office.csv`.
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| ## What the full file has
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| - 2,199 rows
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| - Key fields: filing_id, date_received, filer, law_firm, filed_by, office_presented_to, office_code, office_type, dockets, docket_titles
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| - Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
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| - Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
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| Coverage: 1,348 ex parte notices indexed by the ECFS public API for Nov 1, 2025 to Nov 6, 2026. The API index may hold fewer notices than ECFS search shows; the build takes what the API returns. ECFS public API pulled Nov 6, 2026.
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| ### Columns in the full file
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| | column | meaning |
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| | `filing_id` | ECFS submission id |
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| | `date_received` | Date received |
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| | `filer` | Filer(s) |
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| | `law_firm` | Law firm(s) |
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| | `filed_by` | Entity type that submitted (filer or law firm) |
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| | `office_presented_to` | FCC office or bureau the presentation was made to |
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| | `office_code` | ECFS office code |
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| | `office_type` | Commissioner office or bureau/office |
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| | `dockets` | Docket numbers |
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| | `docket_titles` | Docket titles |
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| | `docket_bureaus` | Bureaus owning the dockets |
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| | `n_dockets` | Dockets on the notice |
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| | `n_offices_on_notice` | Offices listed on the notice |
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| | `document_url` | First document link |
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| | `n_documents` | Documents attached |
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| | `late_filed` | ECFS late-filed flag |
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| | `first_filer` | First filer named (used for counts) |
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| | `filer_notices_12m` | Notices by this filer in the window |
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| | `filer_office_meetings_12m` | Notices by this filer to this office |
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| | `top_docket` | First docket on the notice |
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| | `top_docket_notices_12m` | Notices on that docket in the window |
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| | `filer_org_id` | Tensorust ontology organization id for the filer |
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| | `filer_org_sources` | Ontology sources for the filer |
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| ## Get the full file
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| | tier | price | includes |
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| |---|---|---|
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| | Docket or filer report | $150 | Every meeting on up to 5 dockets, or by up to 5 filers, with links. |
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| | Full tracker with weekly updates | $900 a year | All 2,199 meeting rows, refreshed weekly for 12 months, with new notices flagged by docket. |
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| | Enterprise feed | $3,000 a year | Daily refresh, multi-year history, LDA and FEC joins for each filer, internal redistribution. |
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| Email **mattbusel@tensorust.com** with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: [https://tensorust.com/datasets/ecfs-ex-parte-tracker/](https://tensorust.com/datasets/ecfs-ex-parte-tracker/). All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
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| ## Method and limits
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| ECFS API query q=submissiontype.abbreviation:NO, month by month, 250 per page. Each presented_to office becomes a row. Counts are computed in the window.
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| Not the content of the meetings (read the linked notice), not lobbying spend (see LDA data), and no attorney or staff names.
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| ## Sources
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| - FCC ECFS public API (publicapi.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings, submission type Notice of Ex Parte)
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| - Tensorust ontology organizations
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| ## License
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| The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/ecfs-ex-parte-tracker/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
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| Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com
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