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The FCC Is Refusing To Release Emails About Ajit Pai's 'Harlem Shake' Video (vice.com)
bumblebaetuna writes from a report via Motherboard: On the eve of the net neutrality repeal, just as tensions and public debate over the issue were reaching a fever pitch, someone in the FCC decided it would be a good idea to have chair Ajit Pai ridicule legitimate concerns of internet users with a video featuring an outdated meme and a pizzagate conspiracy theorist. Now, citing the infamous b5 FOIA exemption, the Federal Communications Commission is refusing to release emails related to the planning of the video. The b5 exemption is supposed to protect "inter-agency or intra-agency memorandum or letters which would be privileged in civil litigation," but each agency interprets that meaning differently.
Obama appointed him to the FCC for a 5 year term. Trump appointed him to be CHAIRMAN of the FCC in Jan 2017 when he took office, and then nominated him for another 5 year term. Since net neutrality was only appealed AFTER he became CHAIRMAN, and that was the result of Trump, I don't think it's fair to blame Obama.
" since the issue is government waste"
You might want to limit the scope to that, but it was Ajit being a dick at a time when his job requires he be professional and consider the feedback.
Running a consultancy, as required by law, when you've already made your mind up, is bad governance. Accepting millions of duplicate comments from fake ids, is bad governnance. Saying industry talking points that are flat out untrue is bad governnance.
So now the telcos are free to screw over their customers again, and he is to blame.