Reps. Ask FCC to Make Web Site Info More Accessible ASAP

Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), joined by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), both members of the House Communications Subcommittee (Rep Eshoo is ranking member), have asked the Federal Communications Commission not to wait for legislation before making changes to its Web site.

The Subcommittee passed a FCC reform bill that included a Stearns amendment requiring the FCC to provide direct access on its Web page to its annual budget, performance and accountability reports, appropriations and the number of employees. In a letter to the FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski the day after that vote, the pair said that they understood that the FCC already had that info on the Web site, by that it was difficult to locate. The FCC's redesigned Web site has drawn criticisms for being difficult to navigate by users inside and outside the FCC.