Communications With Registered Lobbyists - FCC Recovery

On March 20, 2009, the White House issued a Memorandum for Ensuring Responsible Spending of Recovery Act Funds which provides that an executive department or agency official shall not consider the view of a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq., concerning particular projects, applications, or applicants for funding under the Recovery Act unless such views are in writing. An executive department or agency official may communicate orally with registered lobbyists concerning general Recovery Act policy issues, provided that such oral communications shall not extend to or touch upon particular projects, applications, or applicants for funding, and further that the official must contemporaneously or immediately thereafter document in writing: (i) the date and time of the contact on policy issues; (ii) the names of the registered lobbyists and the official(s) between or among whom the contact took place; and (iii) a short description of the substance of the communication. These required written lobbyist submissions and FCC staff summaries are available below along with links to any related ex parte presentations submitted or summarized pursuant to the Commission's ex parte rules.

Related Dockets

• GN 09-40 - Broadband: FCC's Consultative Role
• GN 09-29 - Rural Broadband Strategy