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Based on some other news articles[1], it appears Ajit Pai was supposed to speak at CES and is now no longer attending, which seems like a fairly significant per
by sailfast 8y ago
Based on some other news articles[1], it appears Ajit Pai was supposed to speak at CES and is now no longer attending, which seems like a fairly significant person to drop given how important spectrum and approvals are to these manufacturers. (feelings about Pai's current policy prerogatives notwithstanding)
[1] https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/ces-2019-us-government-shutdown-fcc-ajit-pai-1203100251/ https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/ces-2019-us-government...
- ENOTTY 8y agoJust for completeness sake, here's the complete list of pulled attendees mentioned in the article: * Ajit Pai, FCC Commissioner * Brendan Carr, FCC Commissioner * Rebecca Slaughter, FTC Commissioner * Unspecified others from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Department of Homeland Security (DHS); the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Still speaking: Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation FEMA is under DHS and EPA is under DOI so those make some sense. HHS did get an appropriations bill, but that only covered 60% of the Department. The other chunk of HHS is funded by the Agriculture and Interior appropriations. Certain activities of the FDA can be funded by user fees, but it doesn't seem like most of the FDA can be funded that way.[1] [1]: https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy-2019-hhs-contingency-staffing-plan/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy-2019-hhs-contingency-sta...