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The FCC's Rapidly Revolving Door

Posted by timothy on from the auf-wiedersehen-and-nice-to-meetcha dept.

Stanl writes "A former Federal Communications Commission bureau chief who played an integral role in shaping policies governing local telephone competition is now a senior vice president for federal regulatory strategy for SBC Communications, helping the telecom giant rewrite the rules she helped draft. The former chief of the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau quit the agency on Sept. 15 of last year and began work at SBC Nov. 1, the Center For Public Integrity says. Here is the report."

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  1. How shocking ! by fini · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really shocking!

    There would be suspicions of collusion between federal authorities and corporate interests in this country.

    Unbelievable !

    But I am fully confident that our elected leaders will know how to address those issues.

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