ALTS said it submitted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request ...
ALTS said it submitted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to FCC Fri. to obtain documents showing SBC refused to submit sworn statements to Commission on at least 2 occasions before current dispute with agency’s Enforcement Bureau. FCC fined…
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SBC $100,000 April 15 for refusing to file sworn statement (CD April 16 p5) and said in its order that there were 2 other investigations in which SBC also had refused to submit such statements. ALTS said FCC hadn’t released documents showing earlier SBC refusals so ALTS was seeking public disclosure. ALTS Pres. John Windhausen said SBC’s “defiance” was particularly “alarming” because “the FCC has not requested any new information [but] merely asked that SBC confirm the truth of filings it has already made.” CLEC- based Voices for Choices said it established “SBC Stonewall Watch” to keep track of other instances of companies’ refusing “to verify the truth of its filings.” Voices Co- Chmn. Charles Black said “there’s one inescapable question that emerges from SBC’s consistent refusal to confirm adequately the truthfulness of its filings: What is SBC hiding?”