FCC Rejects Skywave FOIA Appeals
The full FCC rejected Skywave Networks’ appeals of several Office of Engineering and Technology decisions on redacting confidential information from Freedom of Information Act requests, according to an order released Tuesday. Skywave had sought access to commercial information redacted from…
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publicly available experimental license applications from RCA Telecom, M-Wave Networks, Alpha Bravo Communications, Skycast Services, County Information Services, Rockland Wireless and Toggle Communications. Skywave argued that the redacted information was necessary for it to evaluate the Shortwave Modernization Coalition's petition for rulemaking on using the 2-25 MHz band for fixed, long-distance, non-voice communications. OET ruled that there was no connection between the information sought by Skywave and the petition. “We affirm OET’s conclusion that the information redacted from these applications merits protection from disclosure,” the order said.