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February 2, 2017
YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune Wicker and Heller Applaud FCC Transparency Initiative February 2 2017 WASHINGTON U S Sens John Thune R S D chairman of the Senate...Subcommittee and Dean Heller R Nev sponsor of the Federal Communications Commission FCC Process Reform Act issued statements on the FCC s decision to make public the full text of multiple items on the agenda for...for its next open meeting for the first time in history The new chairman of the FCC Ajit Pai held a press conference today to announce the major shift in precedent and process Making agenda items public...
January 23, 2017
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune Statement on Pai s Appointment to Lead FCC January 23 2017 WASHINGTON U S Sen John Thune R S D the chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce...Communications Commission https www commerce senate gov 2017 1 thune statement on pai s appointment to lead fcc Home Privacy Policy Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower...
January 23, 2017
than the Federal Communications Commission FCC In a world that was turning away from legacy telecom services and instead toward dynamic Internet applications the FCC found its role in the world gradually diminishing...by technological innovation and successful light touch polices Yet over the last several years the FCC pursued an aggressively activist and partisan agenda that put government edicts ahead of real consumer...setting a course for the Internet Speaking about new economic opportunities on the Internet the last FCC chairman declared that and I quote government is where we will work this out I don t know about you...
December 15, 2016
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune and Wicker on FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler s Announced Departure December 15 2016 WASHINGTON U S Sen John Thune R S D chairman...Technology Innovation and the Internet issued the following statement on Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler s announcement that he will leave the commission on January 20 2017 I wish Chairman...departure announcement follows longstanding precedent and helps the incoming administration transition the FCC to reflect the outcome of the November election I commend Chairman Wheeler for his service and for...
November 15, 2016
Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune Urges FCC to Stop Work on Controversial Items Suggests commission instead focus on areas of bipartisan agreement...Commission FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler urged the agency to stop work on controversial new orders that could create confusion if reversed and would be subject to review next year I strongly urge the FCC to avoid...the commission instead focus on items that can achieve bipartisan support In December 2008 as the FCC was transitioning from a Republican majority under the Bush Administration to a Democrat majority under...
October 6, 2016
Releases Print Thune Statement on FCC IG Report Concluding that Chairman Wheeler Initiated Lifeline Leak Report underscores how secrecy and disclosure decisions by an FCC chairman undermine transparency...Committee issued the following statement on findings by the Federal Communications Commission FCC inspector general that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler authorized his staff to discreetly disclose details of non public...Wheeler has declined to publicly answer questions about his role in the leak of information concerning FCC efforts to reform the Lifeline program which provides subsidized mobile phones to low income Americans...
September 1, 2016
Search Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Five FCC Commissioners to Testify September 15 This hearing presents an opportunity to discuss concerns about...broad scope covering every aspect of the agency and major policy issues before the commission With the FCC considering significant new rules affecting consumer privacy cable service through set top boxes and...the hearing will be available at www commerce senate gov https www commerce senate gov 2016 9 five fcc commissioners to testify september 15 Home Privacy Policy Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower...
July 15, 2016
the most frequently received by the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission FCC Consumers have made it clear they do not want their lives disrupted by calls and texts they have not...carriers are positioned to play an important role in further curtailing disruptive calls Last year the FCC gave the green light to service providers to offer robocall and robotext blocking technologies We appreciate...
July 6, 2016
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Thune Calls Hearing on FCC s Proposal to Change Broadband Privacy Rules July 6 2016 WASHINGTON U S Sen John Thune R S D chairman...Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation will convene a full committee hearing titled How Will the FCC s Proposed Privacy Regulations Affect Consumers and Competition on Tuesday July 12 2016 at 10 00 a...be available on www commerce senate gov https www commerce senate gov 2016 7 thune calls hearing on fcc s proposal to change broadband privacy rules Home Privacy Policy Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower...
May 10, 2016
Transportation and Sen Cory Gardner R Colo sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and Chris Henderson chief executive officer of the Universal Service Administration...intended Thune and Gardner request responses to the following questions no later than May 24 1 Does the FCC or USAC monitor the percentage of funding awarded under the RHC program that beneficiaries pay to consultants...of fiscal years 2006 through 2015 a If the FCC or USAC does not monitor the amounts paid to consultants under the RHC program please explain why not b If the FCC or USAC does not monitor the amounts paid...
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