Free State Foundation Suggests Steps for FCC Deregulation Campaign
The Free State Foundation recommended ways the FCC can "weed out regulations" no longer needed. FSF said the commission should make its telecom forbearance process under Communications Act Section 10 the "deregulatory tool" Congress intended by "placing the burden" on…
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those seeking continued enforcement. FSF President Randolph May and Senior Fellow Seth Cooper in a Wednesday commentary in The Hill said the agency should "breathe life" into its periodic Section 11 reviews by creating a presumption that telecom regulations are no longer necessary due to competition, absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary. They urged reducing regulation on small businesses through Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, encouraging new technologies and services through Communications Act Section 7, overhauling video competition policy and doing further trials of process reform, as Chairman Ajit Pai "commendably" started.