<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Clyburn response:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/document/statement-commissioner-clyburn-reversing-lifeline-designations">https://www.fcc.gov/document/statement-commissioner-clyburn-reversing-lifeline-designations</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><img src="https://t.yesware.com/t/b3b03f93acb29dde874548d979c14638352bd06e/6747fd8d61320121366cb03d0c639642/spacer.gif" style="border: 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; overflow: hidden;" width="0" height="0"><img src="http://t.yesware.com/t/b3b03f93acb29dde874548d979c14638352bd06e/6747fd8d61320121366cb03d0c639642/spacer.gif" style="border: 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; overflow: hidden;" width="0" height="0"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">​WASHINGTON, February 3, 2017 – Today, the agency reverses course on providing more
competition and consumer choice for Lifeline customers. Rather than working to close the digital
divide, this action widens the gap.
“By eliminating the designations of nine entities to provide Lifeline broadband service, the
Bureau has substantially undermined businesses who had begun relying on those designations.
These providers include a minority-owned business, a provider enabling students to complete
their homework online, and others serving Tribal lands.
“Given the serious policy concerns at stake here, I asked to have this Order considered by the full
Commission. But, clearly the goal was to include this in the ‘Friday News Dump’, as my request
was flatly denied.
“I remain hopeful, however, that this is not the final answer and that the providers’ requests will
remain pending after today’s action. I implore the Chairman and the Bureau to consider these
designation requests expeditiously. #ConsumersFirst​</div></blockquote><div> </div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">and further comments on "Friday News Dump"</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">WASHINGTON, February 3, 2017 – “Today is apparently ‘take out the trash day.’ In an
eponymous episode of the West Wing, White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman stated: ‘Any
stories we have to give the press that we’re not wild about, we give all in a lump on Friday . . .
Because no one reads the paper on Saturday.’ Today multiple Bureaus retract—without a shred
of explanation—several items released under the previous administration that focus on
competition, consumer protection, cybersecurity and other issues core to the FCC’s mission.
“In the past, then-Commissioner Pai was critical of the agency majority for not providing
sufficient reasoning behind its decisions, citing specifically to the Supreme Court case Fox v.
FCC which states: ‘[T]he requirement that an agency provide reasoned explanation for its action
would ordinarily demand that it display awareness that it is changing position. An agency may
not, for example, depart from a prior policy sub silentio[.]’
“It is a basic principle of administrative procedure that actions must be accompanied by reasons
for that action, else that action is unlawful. Yet that is exactly what multiple Bureaus have done
today. The Bureaus rescind prior Bureau actions by simply citing a rule that allows them to do
so, when in prior invocations of that rule there have been oft-lengthy explanations for the
reasoning behind the actions.
“My office requested more than the allotted two days to review the dozen items released today.
We were rebuffed. Then, we simply asked to have the Bureaus comply with the reasoned
decision-making requirements of the APA. No deal. It is disappointing to see this Chairman
engage in the same actions for which he criticized the prior Chairman. I am hopeful that in the
future this Commission, consistent with our shared commitment to increased transparency, will
heed the APA’s requirement for reasoned decision-making. The American public deserves no
less.” </blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">​Retweet: <a href="https://twitter.com/MClyburnFCC/status/827624643100024842">https://twitter.com/MClyburnFCC/status/827624643100024842</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">​</div><font face="yw-b3b03f93acb29dde874548d979c14638352bd06e-6747fd8d61320121366cb03d0c639642--to" style="display:none"></font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Glenn McKnight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/02/03/the-fcc-is-stopping-9-companies-from-providing-subsidized-broadband-to-the-poor/?utm_term=.b2772926bc0e" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.<wbr>com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/<wbr>02/03/the-fcc-is-stopping-9-<wbr>companies-from-providing-<wbr>subsidized-broadband-to-the-<wbr>poor/?utm_term=.b2772926bc0e</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_4281943374125695176gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight<br><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>skype  gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight<br>.</div></div></div>
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