Today's NY Times, in an AP wire story, says that John Dingell-D-MI who heads the House Energy and Commerce Committee, says that the FCC has suffered an "apparent breakdown in an open and transparent regulatory process". He is "losing confidence that the commission has been conducting its affairs in an appropriate manner", and has ordered an inquiry.
The investigation will be conducted by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-MI, who has received "several complaints about the way that (Kevin) Martin has conducted business" that include claims of an "abuse of power and an attempt to keep fellow commissioners in the dark". The terms "selectively withholding data" and "short-circuiting procedural norms" also appear in the AP story's allegations, among others. End excerpts from the AP story. The following are from me. Perhaps someone will advise Rep. Stupak of the academic interest of examining the ways in which the Commission came to its decisions on the BPL issue, and the IBOC issue, both of which seem to me to have striking similarities, among which are deliberately ignoring technical information that would suggest not adopting the positions that were subsequently taken. Should be interesting. - Bob _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
