04/26/2018

April 27 is Next Net Neutrality Rule Rollback Milepost

The long, long trail winding from the FCC's Dec. 14, 2017, decision to eliminate net neutrality rules and the actual rollback of those rules continues to wind through Washington, with April 27 the next red-letter day.

While some were reporting earlier this week that April 23 was the effective date of the Restoring Internet Freedom order, that was not the case, or at least not the case with the overwhelming majority of the order, which still awaits the turn of another government wheel or two.

The rule rollback will not happen until the FCC sets an effective date, which will not happen until the Office of Management and Budget rules on whether the information collection portions of the transparency portion of the FCC's order do not violate the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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