Re: Old dogs...old tricks

["Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>]

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From: "Aaron Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>
To: "Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: Old dogs...old tricks


> I thought it was common knowledge that the FCC's budget for field
> inspections has dropped dramatically since 1996, but then again "common
> knowledge" isn't always accurate, either.

You often hear about budgets being cut when all that is really happened is
that the budget did not increase as much as people would have liked.  I
would be very surprised if the FCC budget or number of employees has
actually been reduced.  It may well be that resources have been put into
other areas under the Commission's jurisdiction making field inspections
less likely to happen.