The FCC is disputing a reporter’s claim that he was “manhandled” by security personnel outside of an open hearing in May. John Donnelly, a reporter for CQ Roll Call, said after the incident on May 18 that security officers pinned him against a wall in the hallway when he tried to ask Commissioner Michael O’Rielly a question as he walked by. In letters to Sens. Tom Udall and Maggie Hassan dated June 2, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said his security personnel had a different story.
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly apologized to a reporter for CQ Roll Call after he was allegedly manhandled by a guard and forced to leave the premises of a public FCC meeting.
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly had tough words for his agency’s regulatory history and high praise for its new leadership on Monday. He sees an update of current media ownership rules forthcoming under the Trump administration, along with intense scrutiny of the agency’s entire regulatory regime.
O’Rielly: FCC Needs Universal Deadline Policy
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly: “For commission rules and procedures to be truly effective, everyone needs to know with a certain level of confidence what will happen if applicable deadlines are missed. Not only does this not exist today, but the commission’s inconsistency with how it responds to late filings borders on arbitrary and capricious. To rectify, I suggest it is time to establish a universally-applied policy that, from now on, everyone is expected to either comply with all applicable deadlines or face the consequences.”
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai today appointed fellow Republican Commissioner Michael O’Rielly to serve as the chairman of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, the Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional […]
Robin Colwell will join FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly’s staff on Dec. 15, coming from a long background serving on Capitol Hill.
Exclusives
The Republican FCC commissioner says that NAB chief Gordon Smith’s call for a National Broadcast Plan could backfire on broadcasters.
Amy Bender and Erin McGrath will be legal advisers to Commissioner Midhael O’Rielly for wireline and wireless issues, respectively.
Courtney Reinhard is moving from Commissioner Ajit Pai’s staff to become O’Rielly’s senior legal adviser and chief of staff.
