The new administration should regularly hold formal briefings on ...
The new administration should regularly hold formal briefings on telecommunications issues, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners said in a letter last week to the Obama-Biden Transition Team. NARUC offered its expertise on legislative debates likely to arise…
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in the new Congress and urged that policymakers not limit state enforcement power in creating regulatory policy. The FCC shouldn’t limit states’ ability to handle new consumer abuses or market issues, NARUC said. “States are almost always the first to provide relief when new abuses … emerge,” the letter said. NARUC also asked the incoming president to appoint state commissioners and former ones to vacancies on the FCC and other posts involving telecom, and have the administration take part in NARUC meetings. State commissioners have “real world experience” that can be helpful to the new administration, the group said.