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July 11, 2011 Neil Grace, 202-418-0506
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STATEMENT FROM FCC CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI ON THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON REGULATORY REFORM AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski released the following statement on the 
Executive Order on regulatory reform and independent agencies on July 11, 2011:
“I welcome the President’s Executive Order today. Since my first day as Chairman, I have made 
regulatory reform a top priority, improving FCC processes and decisions to support innovation, economic 
growth, and America’s global competitiveness.
“The results have been strong, with robust and growing private investment and innovation throughout the 
broadband economy.
“Shortly after the President’s initial Executive Order, I directed FCC staff to follow the spirit of the 
Order. We had already conducted retrospective reviews, and incorporated cost-benefit analysis into our 
decision-making.
“I am proud of the progress we have achieved over the past two years toward making the FCC a model of 
excellence in government. We have repealed more than 50 outdated regulations and identified 25 sets of 
outdated data collections for elimination.
“We have also removed regulatory restrictions on spectrum use and we moved to bring market-based 
incentive auctions to reallocate inefficiently used spectrum. We have taken action to preserve free data 
flows and free markets on the Internet, increasing certainty and predictability, and spurring investment in 
both applications and infrastructure. And we are reforming universal service funding to remove waste and 
inefficiency and incorporate market-based funding mechanisms. 
“We’ll continue to work with all stakeholders on these important matters, consistent with our obligations 
as an independent agency.”
Actions also include: 
· Reducing Commission backlogs, including an 89% reduction in satellite licensing applications 
and a 30% reduction in broadcast licensing applications;
· Involving the FCC’s Chief Economist and the agency’s expert economists in the early stages of 
rulemakings; 
· Appointing Ruth Milkman as Special Counsel for Innovation in Government, working with our 
Chief Economist, General Counsel, and other senior staff on a plan to continue our reform efforts; 
and
· Directing the FCC staff to prepare a plan to continue identifying outmoded or counterproductive 
rules.
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