House committee investigation blames Martin for FCC's 'broken process'

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Kurt Albershardt <kurt () nv net>
> Date: May 1, 2008 1:50:27 PM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: House committee investigation blames Martin for FCC's  
> 'broken process'

> <http://rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080430/FREE/740871533/1005 
> >
> House committee investigation blames Martin for FCC's 'broken process'
>
> Hearings proposed for June
>
> By Jeffrey Silva
> Story posted: April 30, 2008 - 2:11 pm EDT
>
>
> Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's troubles  
> on Capitol Hill could be taking a turn for the worse.
>
> House Commerce Committee investigators have recommended to Chairman  
> John Dingell (D-Mich.) that hearings on FCC management practices be  
> held in June, citing results to date from a probe of the issue that  
> began late last year.
>
> "We have conducted more than 30 interviews with current and former  
> [FCC] employees as well as industry representatives and private  
> citizens. The bottom line is that the [FCC] process appears broken  
> and most of the blame appears to rest with Chairman Martin," stated  
> an April 28 staff memo to Dingell and oversight and investigations  
> subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak (D-Mich.).
>
> The FCC was not the only the focus of six-page memo, which laid out  
> a proposed schedule for upcoming hearings and provided status  
> reports on investigations in various industry sectors under the full  
> committee's purview.
>
> "We have no comment at this time," said an FCC spokesman.
>
> "No hearings have been scheduled," said a committee spokesman.
>
> ...

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