Reforming the FCC Conference
Is the Federal Communications Commission truly equipped to deal with immediate challenges that it will face?
A leading group of academics, current and former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials, and leaders from the public interest community gathered in Washington, DC, on January 5th to discuss how to reform how the FCC operates. The event was a great success, with many productive outputs. They compared future visions, explored historical lessons and, though a series of papers specially written for this conference, offered a comprehensive set of recommendations for the creation of an FCC well-prepared to confront contemporary challenges.
“Reforming the Federal Communications Commission” is a joint project of Public Knowledge and Silicon Flatirons Center. On the website, readers can view:
- Professor Phil Weiser's paper, “FCC Reform and the Future of Telecommunications Policy”
- Response papers to Weiser’s paper
- As the conference’s keynote event, former FCC members discuss the future of the commission under the new administration at the National Press Club.
- "The Past as Prologue: Lessons From History on the Road to Reform" is a panel discussion moderated by Phil Weiser on how well the FCC has performed.
- "The Future of the FCC as an Institution" is a panel discussion moderated by Gigi Sohn of the future of the FCC, including how the FCC can do better job in the future on issues such as