NTIA plans to cooperate with the House Commerce Committee’s request...
NTIA plans to cooperate with the House Commerce Committee’s request for documents related to the LightSquared network, the agency’s spokeswoman said Thursday. The FCC pledged Tuesday that it would respond (CD Feb 29 p1). It’s still unclear whether the FCC…
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divulging documents to House Commerce will satisfy Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who has placed a hold on commissioner nominees Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai until he receives the LightSquared documents himself. The request and the agency’s public intention to cooperate initiate what could be prolonged negotiations, said a congressional aide. Generally, congressional committees are willing to share the results of document request with other offices without any additional procedural steps, the aide said. Still, the FCC could seek to prevent other offices from gaining access to the documents as part of informal negotiations with the Commerce Committee, though that may be difficult, the aide said. Another question mark is the content of the FCC’s response. “They have to be the right documents,” a government official said. “It has to be what Grassley wants. The House seems to be asking for similar things, but if [Grassley] thinks that the FCC still hasn’t produced documents that he thinks exist … he'd be less inclined to lift the hold.”