Consumer Advisory Panel Presentations Exempt From Ex Parte Duties, FCC Says
Presentations to the FCC Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) are exempt from ex parte disclosure requirements, a commission public notice said Monday. FCC staffers sometimes participate in CAC meetings and activities, the PN said. “In light of this, we are announcing…
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that … presentations to the Committee, including to its task forces, subcommittees or working groups, and presentations between Committee members and FCC staff, will be treated as exempt presentations for ex parte purposes,” it said. “This treatment is appropriate because presentations to the Committee, like comments on a Notice of Inquiry, will not directly result in the promulgation of new rules.” The FCC recognized that some issues discussed at CAC events may be the subject of agency proceedings. “The Commission will not rely in these proceedings on any information submitted to the Committee, or to any of its task forces, subcommittees, working groups, or information conveyed by Committee members to FCC staff unless that information is first placed in the record of the relevant proceeding,” the PN said. CAC covers areas including net neutrality, and Tuesday the agency released the committee's recommendations on Web transparency.