[Chapter-delegates] FCC ruling stopping providing subsided broadband to US Poor

[Joly MacFie]

Clyburn response:

https://www.fcc.gov/document/statement-commissioner-clyburn-reversing-lifeline-designations


​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​
>


and further comments on "Friday News Dump"

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.”


​Retweet: https://twitter.com/MClyburnFCC/status/827624643100024842

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On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 8:11 PM, Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
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> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
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