Groups Oppose FCC Plan to Let Bureaus Eliminate Rules

Groups Oppose FCC Plan to Let Bureaus Eliminate Rules

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2025 – Bureaus within the Federal Communications Commission should not be able to eliminate regulations through the direct final rulemaking process.That’s the message a consortium of 22 public interest organizations had for FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Thursday. The group’s letter to Carr demanded that he pull an item from the FCC’s July open meeting agenda that would authorize FCC bureaus to repeal regulations without full …

Public Knowledge Joins 21 Groups Urging FCC Chairman Carr To Follow the Law, Stop Undermining Agency’s Power

Today, Public Knowledge joined 21 other public interest, civil rights, labor, and digital rights groups in a letter urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to pull an item from the agency’s July Open Meeting agenda for violating the Administrative Procedure Act. The groups express “grave concern” regarding “the adoption by the Commission of a procedure to permit the offices and bureaus to eliminate existing rules without t…