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

[Javier Rua]

Yep.  It's an expected GOP move.

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> On Feb 4, 2017, at 11:39 PM, Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com> wrote:
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> here is the FCC  orders
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> https://www.scribd.com/document/338345617/DA-17-128A1-2
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> Glenn McKnight
> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> skype  gmcknight
> twitter gmcknight
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>> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
>> Clyburn response:
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>> https://www.fcc.gov/document/statement-commissioner-clyburn-reversing-lifeline-designations
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>>> ​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​
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>> and further comments on "Friday News Dump"
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>>> 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.” 
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>> ​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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>>> Glenn McKnight
>>> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
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>>> twitter gmcknight
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