Comments on: FCC in the Sunshine http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/01/fcc-in-the-sunshine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fcc-in-the-sunshine Pro-Culture, Pro-Commerce Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Garrett http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/01/fcc-in-the-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-3334 Garrett Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:33:34 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=1948#comment-3334 Really great info, I thoroughly enjoyed it! Really great info, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

]]> By: Nick Brown http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/01/fcc-in-the-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-2879 Nick Brown Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:00:47 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=1948#comment-2879 Hi Brian, thanks for the comments. I mentioned this in the article, "However, when dealing with technology issues, party ideological differences are often blurred. And positions can often be ubiquitous across the board no matter what party a commissioner may align themselves with outside of their commission duties." Section 3(1)C that you bring up covers potential collusion from the aspect of party affiliation, but tech issues don't always tow the party line. So collusion could still occur. As for Section 3(1)A, it states that a vote can't be taken. There's nothing else to it. This wouldn't prevent discussion of how someone is planning to vote. Hi Brian, thanks for the comments. I mentioned this in the article, “However, when dealing with technology issues, party ideological differences are often blurred. And positions can often be ubiquitous across the board no matter what party a commissioner may align themselves with outside of their commission duties.”

Section 3(1)C that you bring up covers potential collusion from the aspect of party affiliation, but tech issues don’t always tow the party line. So collusion could still occur.

As for Section 3(1)A, it states that a vote can’t be taken. There’s nothing else to it. This wouldn’t prevent discussion of how someone is planning to vote.

]]> By: Bart Stupak’s FCC Sunshine Legislation | techlobbyist http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/01/fcc-in-the-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Bart Stupak’s FCC Sunshine Legislation | techlobbyist Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:37:43 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=1948#comment-2876 [...] Check it out here. [...] [...] Check it out here. [...]

]]> By: Brian Geis http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/01/fcc-in-the-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-2873 Brian Geis Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:28:37 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=1948#comment-2873 (C) for each political party of which any Commissioner is a member, at least 1 Commissioner who is a member of such respective political party is present at such meeting, and, if any Commissioner has no political party affiliation, at least one unaffiliated Commissioner is present at such meeting; Doesn't this part of the bill address the issue of the majority party in charge since it'd have to be multiparty meetings? Also it looks like they would be prohibited from taking votes during the meetings by law with (A) a vote or any other agency action, as such term is defined in section 551(13) of title 5, United States Code, is not taken at such meeting So I'd be curious if they could really collude on votes if by law they would be prohibited from talking about how they are going to vote. (C) for each political party of which any Commissioner is a member, at least 1 Commissioner who is a member of such respective political party is present at such meeting, and, if any Commissioner has no political party affiliation, at least one unaffiliated Commissioner is present at such meeting;

Doesn’t this part of the bill address the issue of the majority party in charge since it’d have to be multiparty meetings?

Also it looks like they would be prohibited from taking votes during the meetings by law with

(A) a vote or any other agency action, as such term is defined in section 551(13) of title 5, United States Code, is not taken at such meeting

So I’d be curious if they could really collude on votes if by law they would be prohibited from talking about how they are going to vote.

]]> By: Bart Stupak’s FCC Sunshine Rules | thelobbyist http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/01/fcc-in-the-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-2837 Bart Stupak’s FCC Sunshine Rules | thelobbyist Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:09:40 +0000 http://www.digitalsociety.org/?p=1948#comment-2837 [...] FCC in the Sunshine [...] [...] FCC in the Sunshine [...]

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