I'm not sure why this hasn't gotten more play, but former FCC engineer Michael Marcus pointed out this shocking article in RCR Wireless News which calls attention to a staff report prepared for House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) which strongly suggests that the Committee hold hearings on FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's management practices, citing an investigation that began last year and strongly suggests that Martin's management style has hurt the Commission
Between the DTV transition, the recent spectrum auctions and the White Spaces controversy, along with his strange fascination with prioritizing indecency fines, network management, and the Commission's turtle-slow merger review process which is still delaying XM-Sirius, what could happen next?"We have conducted more than 30 interviews with current and former [FCC] employees as well as industry representatives and private citizens. The bottom line is that the [FCC] process appears broken and most of the blame appears to rest with Chairman Martin," stated an April 28 staff memo to Dingell and oversight and investigations subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak (D-Mich.).



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