MMTC Wants FCC to Support Future Procurement NPRM
FCC commissioners should declare their support for a rulemaking seeking comment on extending the procurement rules for cable to all FCC entities in their signing statements on the upcoming quadrennial review order, said Multicultural Media Telecom and Internet Council Senior…
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Adviser David Honig in an ex parte filing posted in docket 14-50 Monday. Honig called aides to Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel, Ajit Pai and Mike O’Rielly to ask them to back the rule change in their signing statements. Cable procurement rules require carriers to widely advertise procurement opportunities in an effort to encourage diversity. If commissioners express support for the NPRM in their signing statements, it's more likely the commission will pursue the matter, Honig told us. The procurement rules are part of a "diversity docket" of items that MMTC had been seeking to have included in the media ownership order. Four former chairmen -- Julius Genachowski, Bill Kennard, Reed Hundt and Michael Copps -- sent a letter to the FCC endorsing the proposal to extend in the draft order now on circulation (see 1608050058).