national policy

by Becca Vargo Daggett, Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative, January 2007 AND the Institute for Local Self-Reliance

This report was issued by Common Cause in May 2005.
Center for Media and Democracy, Community Media Review,
People's Guide to the Telecommunications Act of 2006, pg 17

Center for Media and Democracy, Community Media Review,
People's Guide to the Telecommunications Act of 2006, pp 12-13

This flow chart provides readers with the basic knowlege on how communications and media policy is created, interpreted, and amended in the United States. Each step in the flow chart provides a brief summary of the powers and limitations of each respective group, as well as each interest group's web address. The following groups are discussed: the congress, industry lobbyists, FCC, public interest advocates, and federal courts.

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