WAC Presentations Exempt From FCC Ex Parte Rules
Presentations by members of the FCC’s World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee (WAC) are exempt from ex parte rules, the agency said in a Friday notice. “This exemption covers presentations from WAC members to FCC staff and Commissioners in other settings…
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only to the extent that the WAC members are presenting the views of the WAC or its working groups, as opposed to an individual member’s own views or that of a member’s organization,” the FCC said in docket 16-185: “This modification of the ex parte rules is in the public interest because it will allow the WAC to develop and shape its advice and recommendations to the Commission more efficiently and effectively.”