Sandwich Isles Seeks FCC Changes to Clarify Protective Order
Sandwich Isles Communications asked the FCC to revise a protective order in proceedings on the carrier's USF high-cost support (see 1703130068). SIC said it didn't object to the inclusion into the record of documents filed with Universal Service Administrative Co.…
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or the commission about a USAC audit that was the subject of an FCC order requiring the company to repay $27.3 million in subsidy support for rule violations (see 1612060032). "The March 13 Order and -- to the extent that it is meant to have legal effect -- the accompanying Public Notice must be clarified because they (a) utterly fail to define the scope of materials subject to protection and seemingly involve materials that are no longer subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction, (b) establish procedures that have no meaningful application in the present situation, and (c) set up a process that makes it virtually impossible for SIC to object to the disclosure of a particular document or documents." The order "transgresses orderly procedure as mandated by the Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution," the company said.