Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin received a letter today from Congress that are “investigating
allegations from current and former FCC employees and other sources,
which we have reason to believe are credible.”
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-MI), sent
Martin the request letter today. The letter was cosigned by the ranking Republican on the Committee, Rep. Joe Barton of Texas.
The letter’s charges concern “management practices that may adversely affect the Commission’s
ability to both discharge effectively its statutory duties and to guard
against waste, fraud, and abuse.”
As a result, Martin has to deliver to Congress written records dating back 2005, including all e-mails, handwritten notes, phone
conversation records, meeting schedules, and whatever else exists in
paper or electronic form since January 2005 involving the audit’s case
file.
In addition, Dingell and Barton also want Martin to hand over any
records
that explain the Commission’s policies on “communications between FCC personnel
and outside entities” and any directives involving “limitations or restrictions imposed on FCC employees’ ability
to communicate with each other concerning official agency business” - among other items.
Martin has two weeks to deliver this information and records to Congress. As Ars Technica puts it, this request “has got to be turning the FCC completely
upside down.”
Perfect timing huh?
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