Media Contact: 
Tina Pelkey, (202) 418-0536
tina.pelkey@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
What They’re Saying About Chairman Pai’s 
Proposal to Create an Office of Economics and Analytics
American Action Forum Director of Technology and Innovation Policy Will Rinehart: “The FCC needs to be a data-
first organization, and the creation of such an office could help reorient the agency toward more empirically grounded 
analysis.” (Full Steam Ahead On The FCC’s Office Of Economics And Analytics, Blog, 1/17/18)
American Enterprise Institute Visiting Scholar Roslyn Layton: “The proposal . . . is a no-brainer to support the public 
interest at the FCC. . . . This is the most important accomplishment for those who believe that policy should be informed 
by the best available evidence . . . .” (Making Government Work Again: New Office To Strengthen Role Of Data At FCC, 
Forbes, 1/10/18)
Competitive Enterprise Institute Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews: “The FCC should never be ‘an economics 
free zone’ with respect to its decisions to regulate and, in effect, alter the very trajectory of this industry. . . . An Office of 
Economics and Analytics could play [a] welcome streamlining and disciplinary role.” (CEI Comments On Formation Of 
Office Of Economics And Analytics At The FCC, Press Release, 1/9/18)
George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center Director Susan Dudley: “Without data and transparent 
analysis, policies can get buffeted by political winds and end up responding to the loudest voices and serving special 
interests instead. . . . Next week’s vote creating the new office is an important first step in correcting that problem and 
improving the basis on which the FCC makes its decisions.”  (FCC Votes To Elevate Economic Analysis, Forbes, 1/26/18)
Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and Former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth: “Chairman Pai, from 
Parsons, Kansas, is bringing some Midwestern common sense to the nation’s capital. . . . Chairman Pai and the entire FCC 
should be proud.” (FCC To Use More Economics And Data Analytics To Improve Decisions, Forbes, 1/9/18)
Mercatus Center Research Fellow Brent Skorup: “The proposed creation of the OEA represents another pivot toward 
the likely future of US telecom regulation: a focus on consumer welfare, competition, and data-driven policy.” (A 
Welcome Restructuring At The FCC, Blog, 1/9/18)
Mercatus Center Senior Fellow Veronique De Rugy: “The office would provide an important and systematic feedback 
during the regulation-making process on whether a real problem exists that regulation might solve, as well as about what 
the costs and benefits of proposed rules and orders. . . . Hopefully, this will inspire and influence changes in other federal 
agencies.” (‘Yes’ to The FCC’s Proposed Office Of Economics, National Review, 1/12/18) 
Obama Administration’s Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Cass Sunstein: “Promising 
idea from the FCC – a proposed Office of Economics and Analytics.” (Tweet, 1/17/18)
R Street Institute Technology Policy Associate Joe Kane: “The proposed order . . . directs the bureaus to collaborate 
with the OEA in carrying out their functions, suggesting the office will not be merely symbolic but will meaningfully 
impact the commission’s decision making.” (Economic Analysis Soon Could Play Bigger Role At FCC, Blog, 1/9/18)
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