FCC reticence frustrates GOP staffers at Hill meetings

The Federal Communications Commission's tight-lipped approach to educating Hill staffers on its net-neutrality proposal is frustrating GOP staffers who want to know more about the document, Republican aides said on Dec 3. The FCC has dispatched top aides, including general counsel Austin Schlick and adviser Greg Guice. The aides met with telecom staffers to brief them on the chairman's proposal, which has fielded solid support from Democrats and much stronger pushback from Republicans. But aides said they did not feel like the meetings imparted much about the FCC plan. "They were short on details," said one GOP aide. Various staffers said they were frustrated with how little FCC officials were willing to say about the net-neutrality proposal. The officials refused to describe the exact argument it will use to ground its legal authority.