FCC Employees Coping With Latest Workplace Email, Musk Threat
ICLE Director of Innovation Policy Kristian Stout was quoted in the Communications Daily story about FCC employees coping with the latest Elon Musk directive on accountability. Read full story here.
FCC staff on Saturday received the same email that most federal employees did from the Office of Personnel Management, asking them to justify their work, but it was unclear Monday how or if FCC staff would respond. The FCC didn’t comment Monday. The leaders of unions that represent federal employees slammed the email. President Donald Trump said Monday he supports the effort.
The email instructed federal employees to submit five bullet points detailing what they had accomplished in the last week to both OPM and their manager by 11:59 p.m. ET Monday.
Kristian Stout, director-innovation policy at the International Center for Law & Economics, said FCC Chairman Brendan Carr may welcome FCC employees having to justify themselves. If regulated companies are required to serve the public interest, “the FCC, responsible for stewarding taxpayer dollars, should also serve the public interest by ensuring that every dollar spent internally is also used efficiently,” Stout said. Carr has been “actively trying to streamline FCC operations,” even establishing a dedicated Department of Government Efficiency group within the agency, he said.