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[QUOTE=&quot;FOX TV, post: 79681, member: 4493&quot;]Legislative AlertFrom the SBE WebsiteNew Senate Bill would add engineering expertise to FCC Commissioner's OfficesMarch 18, 2011 - Senator Olympia Snow (R-ME) and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) have introduced Senate Bill 611, &quot;A Bill to provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners.&quot; The bill was introduced yesterday, March 17. Senate Bill 611 is, in affect, a replacement bill for S.2881 that was introduced by the same two senators last year. That bill died as a result of procedural issues. The Society of Broadcast Engineers has been very active in encouraging the introduction and eventual passing of this bill and has worked closely with Senator Snowe's office for more than a year.SBE has also been working to encourage a companion bill in the House. Earlier this week, a group of SBE leadership, led by SBE President, Vinny Lopez, made 12 visits to Congressional offices in Washington (reported on Wednesday in SBE-news), and received a favorable response from many of them. Our hope is that a House Bill will soon follow.The text of S.611 has not yet been released but it is expected to be similar to last year's bill, which was later coupled to a separate bill introduced by Senator Snow which called for a study of FCC engineering resources. The primary objective of S.611 is to add scientific expertise at the FCC's policy level by authorizing each FCC Commissioner to add one additional professional assistant to the three they currently have. The Bill would require that the new assistants be either electrical engineers or computer scientists. The three professional assistants each Commissioner now has are either lawyers or economists. ------------------------------------------------------------------Finally, one of my states politicians has done something I actually approve of. I guess an occasional miracle still happens in Government. They did leave out Broadcast engineers, who used to populate the FCC board heavily, but they carry less clout than in the past, and have most likely have, or will be replaced by Broadband advocates.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="FOX TV, post: 79681, member: 4493"][b]Legislative Alert[/b] From the SBE Website New Senate Bill would add engineering expertise to FCC Commissioner's Offices March 18, 2011 - Senator Olympia Snow (R-ME) and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) have introduced Senate Bill 611, "A Bill to provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners." The bill was introduced yesterday, March 17. Senate Bill 611 is, in affect, a replacement bill for S.2881 that was introduced by the same two senators last year. That bill died as a result of procedural issues. The Society of Broadcast Engineers has been very active in encouraging the introduction and eventual passing of this bill and has worked closely with Senator Snowe's office for more than a year. SBE has also been working to encourage a companion bill in the House. Earlier this week, a group of SBE leadership, led by SBE President, Vinny Lopez, made 12 visits to Congressional offices in Washington (reported on Wednesday in SBE-news), and received a favorable response from many of them. Our hope is that a House Bill will soon follow. The text of S.611 has not yet been released but it is expected to be similar to last year's bill, which was later coupled to a separate bill introduced by Senator Snow which called for a study of FCC engineering resources. The primary objective of S.611 is to add scientific expertise at the FCC's policy level by authorizing each FCC Commissioner to add one additional professional assistant to the three they currently have. The Bill would require that the new assistants be either electrical engineers or computer scientists. The three professional assistants each Commissioner now has are either lawyers or economists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Finally, one of my states politicians has done something I actually approve of. I guess an occasional miracle still happens in Government. They did leave out Broadcast engineers, who used to populate the FCC board heavily, but they carry less clout than in the past, and have most likely have, or will be replaced by Broadband advocates.[/QUOTE]

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