FCC Spokesperson: Net Neutrality Rules Going To OMB 'Very Soon'

A Federal Communications Commission spokesperson says the FCC is expected to send its network neutrality rules to the Office of Management Budget for Paperwork Reduction Act vetting "very soon," which also means it hasn't sent them yet.

The rules were adopted in December 2010, but because they cause new reporting requirements, those were put out separately for comment by the FCC, which has been vetting those comments since April. The rules cannot be challenged in court until they are published in the Federal Register, which can't come until OMB has put them out for comment for 30 days and decided they do not create undue paperwork burdens. The rules do not go into effect until 60 days after that publication, however, so it will likely be October at the earliest before they would take effect.