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

[Glenn McKnight]

here is the FCC  orders

https://www.scribd.com/document/338345617/DA-17-128A1-2

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On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

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