Carr: Transactions Need a DEI Screening Step
Anyone with a transaction before the FCC should "move with all deliberate speed" to identify and end "any invidious forms" of diversity, equity and inclusion discrimination at their company, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in a Policyband interview published Monday.…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
Asked about the Department of Government Efficiency auditing the FCC, Carr said the agency is "doing a soup-to-nuts review" of its multimillion-dollar contracts. "I'm confident there is a lot of fat at the FCC that we'll be able to trim." Carr said the FCC is "somewhat differently situated" from some other regulatory agencies -- the Communications Act doesn't include for-cause removal protection of FCC commissioners -- and it's "aligned with the policies" in the executive order directing the FCC and other federal agencies to submit for review all proposed and final regulatory actions to the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs before they appear in the Federal Register (see 2502180069).