FCC Briefs House Staffers on AWS-3 Auction Process
Capitol Hill staffers visited FCC headquarters Monday to learn how the agency’s AWS-3 spectrum auction, scheduled for next month, will work. The House staffers work for members of the Congressional Spectrum Caucus, led by Reps. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., and Doris…
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Matsui, D-Calif. Those lawmakers created the caucus in February. “We had about 15-20 staffers from Energy and Commerce offices visit the FCC to see a demo of their auction system,” a spokeswoman for Guthrie told us. “We had a briefing on auction procedures and the history of FCC auctions and then were able to utilize the FCC’s auction system to do a ‘real-time’ demo of the auction system.” A Democratic House staffer told us that about 20 staffers from both political parties attended the briefing. “The FCC walked us through the auction process and we participated in auction simulation,” said the Democratic staffer.