The FCC said Thursday an internal study had found ‘a number of ar...
The FCC said Thursday an internal study had found “a number of areas” in which ex parte rules could be “improved or updated.” A workshop Wednesday will examine how rules and processes might be changed to increase openness and…
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will consider matters related to increasing communication online including on blogs, the commission said. The speakers will be Christopher Bjornson of the Federal Communications Bar Association, Diane Cornell of Inmarsat, Jane Mago of the NAB, Amy Mehlman of Mehlman Capitol, John Muleta of M2Z, Jef Pearlman of Public Knowledge, Andrew Schwartzman of the Media Access Project and David Solomon of Wilkinson Barker. Shortly before Commissioner Michael Copps stepped down as interim chairman, he circulated a rulemaking notice seeking comment on requiring that ex parte filings provide greater detail than who attended a meeting and which rulemaking was discussed (CD July 15 p5). The notice remains on circulation, according to the FCC’s Web site.