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WASHINGTON--The Small Business Administration has warned the Federal Communications Commission that the FCC may have violated a law meant to protect small businesses when it removed the requirement that a cost-recovery mechanism be in place before carriers are required to implement enhanced 911 service.
"Advocacy has concluded that the [FCC's] decision to not address the small business issues raised in the petitions for reconsideration does not comply with the [Regulatory Flexibility Act]," said Susan M. Walthall, acting chief counsel of the SBA's Office of Advocacy, and Eric E. Menge, SBA assistant chief counsel for telecommunications, in...
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