The FCC’s questions about adding filing obligations drew no support,...

Mordkofsky communications law firm “concurs with the commenters in the record of this proceeding who have unanimously agreed that the Commission’s proposal, while meritorious in theory, will be unworkable in practice,” it said (http://xrl.us/bmpoye). “The Commission’s proposal, while well-meaning, will impose significant burdens on the public and practitioners and have a deleterious effect on the Commission’s ability to obtain quality input from the public during its public comment cycles. Currently, when commenters rely on data and other sources of information in support of their comments, the practice is to cite that information for support so that the reader can locate the original document for further review if necessary.” The Universal Service for America Coalition backed the CTIA’s request for FCC staff to make public promptly all analyses they rely on in making decisions. The coalition pointed to the Wireline Bureau making a Universal Service Fund study public shortly before commissioners voted on a USF order. The group “agrees with the near universal sentiment of commenters in this proceeding” on filing rules “that docket participants should not be required to submit all non-record material cited in filings into the record,” it said (http://xrl.us/bmpo2g). “Such a requirement is unnecessarily burdensome and would not significantly increase the ability of the public to access information.” Coalition members include Mobi PCS, SouthernLinc Wireless and Thumb Cellular, its attorney Todd Daubert of SNR Denton told us. Replies were posted Tuesday in docket 10-44.