Media Contact: 
Robin Colwell, (202) 418-2300
Robin.Colwell@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY 
ON COMMISSION’S FORMATION OF AN 
OFFICE OF ECONOMICS AND DATA
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017. — “The Chairman’s implementation of a key proposal 
from the new Administration’s Transition Team is laudable and consistent with my calls 
for similar action.  This important structural change will help unite agency economists 
and bring greater efficiency, cohesion, and consistency to their work.  Over the longer 
term, binding cost-benefit analysis will provide a stronger foundation for agency 
decisions and ensure any burdens imposed by the Commission are truly justified.”
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Office of Commissioner Mike O’Rielly: (202) 418-2300
Twitter: @mikeofcc
www.fcc.gov/leadership/michael-orielly
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes 
official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).