The FCC asked for comments on whether certain rules applying to t...
The FCC asked for comments on whether certain rules applying to the operations of telecom service providers should be repealed or modified because they were “no longer necessary in the public interest as the result of meaningful economic competition.”…
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The Commission released a notice of proposed rulemaking as part of its biennial regulatory review of regulations administered by the Wireline Bureau. It asked for comments on whether it should continue to require carriers to file annually FCC Form 395 and the report of employment-related discrimination complaints. It also sought comments on some of its rules on: (1) Jurisdictional separations procedures. (2) Implementation of Secs. 251 and 252 of the Communications Act. (3) Telephone numbering. (4) Implementation of Sec. 272. (5) Requirements in Sec. 271 of the Act. (6) Universal service. In a separate statement, FCC Comr. Copps questioned the wisdom of seeking comment on the continuing need for Sec. 1.815 of the Commission’s rules: “How can it be that at a time when we are trumpeting the significance of our Advisory Committee in Diversity of Communications in the Digital Age, we also are suggesting that information gathering about the diversity of the telecommunications work force is no longer in the public interest? It looks like one hand of the agency is not talking to the other.” He said the information collected under that rule was “exactly the kind of granular data the Committee will find useful to complete its mission. I fear efforts like this one may emasculate this new group and make their already difficult tusk more complex.” Comments are due 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, replies 15 days later.