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Administrative/Regulatory

Apr. 18, 2017

New FCC economic analysis office raises concerns

FCC Chair Ajit Pai's plan to create a new Office of Economics to focus on economic analysis geared to achieve a predetermined political result is not acceptable.

Anita Taff-Rice

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai recently announced he is planning to create a new Office of Economics and Data (OED) to provide economic analysis for commission rulemakings, transactions, auctions and policies by this summer. Pai's announced purpose for the OED is to focus sharply on the cost-benefit analysis of commission regulations.

While data-driven analysis could yield superior policies and regulation...

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