[LeArc] ARLB005 FCC Launches Consumer-Oriented Electronic Comment Filing System

[Tony Coniglio]

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> ARLB005 FCC Launches Consumer-Oriented Electronic Comment Filing
> System
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> ARRL Bulletin 5  ARLB005
> >From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  January 15, 2003
> To all radio amateurs
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> SB QST ARL ARLB005
> ARLB005 FCC Launches Consumer-Oriented Electronic Comment Filing
> System
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> The FCC has launched ECFS Express, an updated electronic system that
> the Commission says will make it easier for some members of the
> public to file comments on FCC proceedings. ECFS Express is a
> simplified version of the popular Electronic Comment Filing System
> (ECFS), but it is not available for all FCC proceedings.
>
> ECFS Express focuses on topics rather than docket numbers, and
> requires minimal input by consumers seeking to participate in the
> Commission's public rulemaking process.  ECFS Express is accessible
> from the FCC home page at http://www.fcc.gov. Users click on the
> "File Comments" logo. Anyone who wants to comment just has to click
> on a topic, fill in their personal information, write their comments
> and hit "SEND."
>
> The FCC said the downside is that if the particular issue you want
> to comment upon is not listed among the ECFS Express topics, you'll
> have to use the full version of ECFS, located at
> http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html, to comment on proceedings not
> listed. At the moment, the EFCS Express list includes no Amateur
> Radio-related proceedings.
>
> FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Chief K. Dane Snowden
> said, "By making the process more intuitive and less technical, all
> those interested in what we are doing at the FCC can have their
> voices heard. Our goal is to have as much of the public as possible
> participate in our rulemaking processes."
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