Sun. marked 6 months since an FCC order creating the Public Safet...
Sun. marked 6 months since an FCC order creating the Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau. The FCC seems close to opening the bureau, probably with a chief hired from outside the Commission staff. An FCC official said Fri.…
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the Commission received approval from House appropriators in late Aug. to open the bureau and from Senate appropriators last week. The Commission has already worked out any union issues and a formal opening is likely this month, the source said. Sen. Nelson (D-Fla.) asked Chmn. Martin for an update on the bureau in written questions after his Commerce Committee confirmation hearing last week. “What is the status of that bureau and will that bureau be charged with addressing all or some of the ongoing 911 issues at the FCC, or will some issues remain in existing bureaus?” Nelson asked. A regulatory lawyer said creating the bureau has taken longer than expected. “But I don’t know what all they had to go through with the union and the Hill,” the source said: “It may be that’s the best they can do because of factors that aren’t under their control.” When the FCC voted to approve the bureau, officials indicated start-up would likely take about as long as the last major reorganization. That was less than 3 months.