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See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).
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February 28, 2014 Matthew Berry (202) 418-2005
Email: Matthew.Berry@fcc.gov
STATEMENT OF FCC COMMISSIONER AJIT PAI
ON THE CANCELLATION OF THE CRITICAL INFORMATION NEEDS STUDY
I am pleased that the FCC has canceled its Critical Information Needs study. In our 
country, the government does not tell the people what information they need. Instead, news 
outlets and the American public decide that for themselves. I look forward to working with my 
colleagues to identify and remove actual barriers to entry into the communications 
industry. This newsroom study was a distraction from that important goal.