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OGC-97-31 1 (1997-03-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablqe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G AO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-276419 March 21, 1997 The Honorable John McCain Chairman The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Chairman The Honorable John D. Dingell Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Federal Communications Commission: Facilitate Future Development of Paging Systems and Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act; Competitive Bidding Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission (Commission), entitled Facilitate Future Development of Paging Systems and Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act; Competitive Bidding (WT Docket No. 96-18; PP Docket No. 93-253; FCC 97-59). We received the rule on March 6, 1997. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on March 12, 1997. 62 Fed. Reg. 11616. The final rule governs the geographic area licensing of Common Carrier Paging and exclusive 929 MHz Private Carrier Paging and the competitive bidding procedures for auctioning mutually exclusive applications for these licenses. The Commission states that the rule is necessary to promote competition and efficient licensing in paging services. Enclosed is our assessment of the Commission's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the GAO/OGC-97-31

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