STATEMENT OF
CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI
Re: Electronic Tariff Filing Systems, WC Docket No. 10-141
Modern digital technology enables us to improve and streamline how government 
operates - for example, by cutting red tape and delay associated with paper filings at the 
Commission.  The Data Innovation Initiative we have launched will modernize and streamline the 
way the FCC collects, uses, and disseminates data.  This is part of a comprehensive reform effort 
that is improving the agency’s openness, transparency, and data-driven decision-making.  Moving 
towards electronic filing whenever possible is an important part of the FCC’s Data Innovation 
Initiative—aimed at reducing costs and creating a more consistent and efficient flow of 
information to the public.  
Together, all of these ongoing actions – expanding the Electronic Comment Filing 
System, reducing paper-based licenses, requiring electronic filing of forms and authorization 
requests – will result in hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings by reducing printing and 
postage costs for us and industry, saving staff time, and improving efficiencies in our processes.  
This NPRM moves us in the right direction by proposing rules that will end the filing of certain 
tariffs in paper form and instead ensure that all carriers to file tariffs electronically.  It will save 
money, save trees, and make it easer for industry and the general public to access the information 
in these filings. This is government the way it should be—open and transparent. 
I look forward to working with my colleagues on completing this transition to electronic 
filing quickly, and I thank the staff for their hard work on today’s NPRM.