Federal Communications Commission

==Background==
* Wikipedia:
==Insight==
Porker of the Month: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski Porker of
the Month for his recent decision to push forward with an
ill-conceived and possibly extra-legal plan to impose federal
regulations on the Internet. The plan would treat the Internet
by rules similar to those which currently pertain to the telephone
industry under Title II of the Communications Act.
"Chairman Julius Genachowski is leading the FCC into uncharted
waters, straight into a legal headwind. In April, the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia laid down an unambiguous
marker: The FCC has no authority to force Internet service
providers (ISPs) to give equal treatment to all Internet content
flowing through their networks, nor can it regulate ISPs under Title
II without Congress's express authority. The agency is out
of its depth and will end up sinking time and the taxpayers'
money into harassing an industry that is functioning very well without
ham-fisted government regulations," said CAGW President Tom
Schatz. For launching this damn-the-torpedoes (and the
taxpayers), full-speed-ahead quest to regulate the Internet, CAGW
names FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski its May Porker of the
Month. Read more about the Porker of the Month.
http://membership.cagw.org/site/R?i=mbf5ZtVkFLiumvHLW_36FA..
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