[govinfo] GovInfo News 1-30-2007
- From: "Patrice McDermott" <pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "FOI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <FOI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:55:50 -0500
- Bush E.O. Increases Sway on Regulation
- CPI suing FCC to get at real state of broadband competition in the US
Patrice McDermott, Executive Director
OpenTheGovernment.org
202-332-OPEN (6736)
www.openthegovernment.org
- BUSH DIRECTIVE INCREASES SWAY ON REGULATION
By Robert Pear
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 - President Bush has signed a directive that gives the
White House much greater control over the rules and policy statements that the
government develops to protect public health, safety, the environment, civil
rights and privacy. In an executive order published last week in the Federal
Register, Mr. Bush said that each agency must have a regulatory policy office
run by a political appointee, to supervise the development of rules and
documents providing guidance to regulated industries. The White House will thus
have a gatekeeper in each agency to analyze the costs and the benefits of new
rules and to make sure the agencies carry out the president's priorities.
[...]
Under the new White House policy, any guidance document expected to have an
economic effect of $100 million a year or more must be posted on the Internet,
and agencies must invite public comment, except in emergencies in which the
White House grants an exemption. The White House told agencies that in writing
guidance documents, they could not impose new legal obligations on anyone and
could not use "mandatory language such as 'shall,' 'must,' 'required' or
'requirement.'"more
[NYT]
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- CPI SUING FCC TO GET AT REAL STATE OF BROADBAND COMPETITION IN THE US
1/22/2007 by Nate Anderson
The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) wants to find out exactly how competitive
the US broadband market is. To do that, it needs access to the raw data
collected by the FCC, but the agency has refused to turn it over on the grounds
that it could give a competitive advantage to other companies. CPI now finds
itself in a District Court battle against the agency, which is being supported
by AT&T, Verizon, and the three major industry trade groups: NCTA (cable), CTIA
(wireless), and USTA (telephone). more [thanks to Amy West for the link]
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