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From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:12:48 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> [Note: This item comes from reader Bill Lane. DLH] At 6:49 AM -0700 6/12/03, William Lane wrote:
From: "William Lane" <William.Lane () fcc gov> To: "Dewayne Hendricks (.internet)" <dewayne () dandin com> Subject: FCC OSP Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 06:49:04 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Dewayne FYI from Comm Daily's summary of a press conference that Jane did yesterday. Bill The FCC's new Office of Strategic Planning & Policy Analysis (OSP) operates like an internal consultant, watching trends and targeting emerging policy issues to help the Commission plan for the future and make better informed decisions, its chief Jane Mago told reporters Wed. She said information gathered by OSP, which also was likened to a think tank, was shared with FCC commissioners and bureau chiefs on a regular basis. Some research is done to support a specific FCC proceeding, some is requested by a commissioner and some is done proactively to keep the agency up to date on trends, she said. The office focused on a wide range of areas, from universal service to digital rights management, Mago said: "We're trying to catch the wave before it hits us." For example, in the broadband area OSP is "watching trends" in deployment and usage in the U.S. and internationally, she said. She said OSP did research on economic trends to support the agency's recent media ownership proceeding. Much of the results of agency research remain private, with reports to the chairman and commissioners on a weekly or biweekly basis, Mago said. However, it can be seen in occasional White Papers released by OSP and is evident in many agency orders, she said. OSP Deputy Chief Kathleen Ham said the office also handled requests for information from other agencies and provided "some expertise" to the Office of Management & Budget when the White House was developing President Bush's budget message, which had included a proposal for spectrum fees. In answer to a question, Mago said OSP to some extent forwarded Chmn. Powell's agenda because it emphasized strategic planning, one of his goals. Asked what was new, what OSP was excited about, she said technology developments in unlicensed communications. Asked how much power she had to, say, kill a program, Mago said she could make a recommendation "that perhaps we should not go that route," but that was as far as it went. Compared with her many jobs elsewhere at the FCC, this one offers "the luxury of time to actually think about something," Mago said.
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