Public Knowledge Asks FCC To Make Recusal Process Public

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Public Knowledge asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require commissioners and staff negotiating for new employment to make those intentions public.

In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, PK President Gigi Sohn noted that PK’s FCC Reform report last year noted the lack of transparency in post-FCC employment. The letter also noted that officials recusing themselves from dockets or issues because of employment negotiations had in the past been required to file a publicly available letter with the recusal information. That requirement has lapsed, and Public Knowledge said Chairman Genachowski should “immediately reinstitute this requirement.”


Public Knowledge Asks FCC To Make Recusal Process Public