The FCC “has continued” to make great improvement in addressing...
The FCC “has continued” to make great improvement in addressing its backlog, Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a letter released Monday. Genachowski responded Jan. 10 to a letter by House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman…
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Cliff Stearns, R-Fla. Since Genachowski arrived at the commission, the FCC has reduced by 12 percent the number of pending license and license renewal applications, Genachowski said. The Public Safety Bureau reduced its pending applications by 38 percent, the International Bureau by 52 percent and the Media Bureau by 43 percent, he said. The FCC reduced the number of pending reconsideration petitions and review applications by 24 percent, with the Media Bureau reducing the ones older than two years by 43 percent, he said. Genachowski said 99 percent of all consumer complaints pending more than two years can’t be resolved by the FCC while courts consider indecency issues. The FCC has reduced the number of open dockets by 43 percent, and reduced the number of dockets with no filings in more than five years by 89 percent, he said. The House Commerce Committee didn’t comment.