Federal budgetary pressures are not a “legitimate regulatory...
Federal budgetary pressures are not a “legitimate regulatory concern,” said Fred Campbell, director of the Communications Liberty and Innovation Project at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, in response to a Defense Department warning last week that it would be impacted by…
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potential IP transition trials (CD July 9 p5). The DOD “wants to avoid incurring any costs to upgrade its outdated telephone technologies,” Campbell said in a blog entry Monday (http://bit.ly/11QUHqM). “The appropriate forum for addressing federal budgetary concerns is Congress, not the FCC.” The replacement program for the DOD’s Networx contracting program, set to expire in 2017, is considering the use of “standardized IP” infrastructure and is entitled “Network Services 2020,” Campbell said. “The obvious implication” is that the federal government is considering extending Networx beyond its set expiration date and “is concerned that the IP-transition could hinder its negotiations,” he said. The federal government is free to extend its Networx contract but “it cannot use federal regulation to increase its negotiating leverage,” Campbell said. The FCC should honor DOD’s request to participate in the IP trial site selection process, but it should recognize that most of the concerns raised by the DOD are “primarily commercial in nature,” he said.