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license: other
license_name: tensorust-sample-license
license_link: https://tensorust.com/datasets/ecfs-ex-parte-tracker/
pretty_name: "FCC Ex Parte Meeting Tracker (free sample)"
language:
- en
tags:
- tensorust
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- change-tracking-feeds
- government-data
- finance
size_categories:
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configs:
- config_name: sample
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: sample.csv
- config_name: summary
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: summary_by_fcc_office.csv
---

# FCC Ex Parte Meeting Tracker: free sample (Tensorust LLC)

1,348 ex parte notices in the last 12 months, split into 2,199 filer-to-FCC-office meetings with dockets and counts.

**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.

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/)**.

## Files here

| file | what it is |
|---|---|
| `sample.csv` | 25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
| `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") |

## Summary by FCC office (largest groups)

| FCC office | rows |
|---|---|
| Office of Chairman Brendan Carr | 430 |
| Office of Commissioner Olivia Trusty | 277 |
| Wireline Competition Bureau | 263 |
| Office of Commissioner Anna Gomez | 255 |
| Wireless Telecommunications Bureau | 187 |
| Space Bureau | 141 |
| Office of the Secretary | 130 |
| Media Bureau | 93 |
| Office of Engineering & Technology | 92 |
| General (Multiple Bureaus) | 74 |
| Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau | 73 |
| Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau | 63 |
| TOTAL | 2,199 |

Full table: `summary_by_fcc_office.csv`.

## What the full file has

- 2,199 rows
- Key fields: filing_id, date_received, filer, law_firm, filed_by, office_presented_to, office_code, office_type, dockets, docket_titles
- Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
- Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)

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.

### Columns in the full file

| column | meaning |
|---|---|
| `filing_id` | ECFS submission id |
| `date_received` | Date received |
| `filer` | Filer(s) |
| `law_firm` | Law firm(s) |
| `filed_by` | Entity type that submitted (filer or law firm) |
| `office_presented_to` | FCC office or bureau the presentation was made to |
| `office_code` | ECFS office code |
| `office_type` | Commissioner office or bureau/office |
| `dockets` | Docket numbers |
| `docket_titles` | Docket titles |
| `docket_bureaus` | Bureaus owning the dockets |
| `n_dockets` | Dockets on the notice |
| `n_offices_on_notice` | Offices listed on the notice |
| `document_url` | First document link |
| `n_documents` | Documents attached |
| `late_filed` | ECFS late-filed flag |
| `first_filer` | First filer named (used for counts) |
| `filer_notices_12m` | Notices by this filer in the window |
| `filer_office_meetings_12m` | Notices by this filer to this office |
| `top_docket` | First docket on the notice |
| `top_docket_notices_12m` | Notices on that docket in the window |
| `filer_org_id` | Tensorust ontology organization id for the filer |
| `filer_org_sources` | Ontology sources for the filer |

## Get the full file

| tier | price | includes |
|---|---|---|
| Docket or filer report | $150 | Every meeting on up to 5 dockets, or by up to 5 filers, with links. |
| Full tracker with weekly updates | $900 a year | All 2,199 meeting rows, refreshed weekly for 12 months, with new notices flagged by docket. |
| Enterprise feed | $3,000 a year | Daily refresh, multi-year history, LDA and FEC joins for each filer, internal redistribution. |

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/

## Method and limits

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.

Not the content of the meetings (read the linked notice), not lobbying spend (see LDA data), and no attorney or staff names.

## Sources

- FCC ECFS public API (publicapi.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings, submission type Notice of Ex Parte)
- Tensorust ontology organizations

## License

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.

Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com