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Re:FCC Commissioner leaves for Comcast by ksolanki on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @11:28PM (#2539371)
Well, this is not much new here, is it? FCC Commissioner leaves for Comcast. DARPA program manager leaves for Lockheed Martin. Senator leaves for or sets up a lobbying firm. Federal reserve personnel leaves for Goldman Sachs (or vice versa).

It is the people they know (Network) that is valuable in all these cases... Potential for corruption? Yes. Illegal? No.

EDIT: Of course this is very unethical and am not supporting this by any means. Am just stating as a matter of fact that this nexus is very prevalent, almost legalized. In many cases, such job changes are considered a natural career progression...

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Re:FCC Commissioner leaves for Comcast by amphigory on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @11:34PM (#2539379)
Illegal, no. Unethical, hell yes! I wrote to Comcast corporate, FCC, and the DOJ. Not that it will do any good but at least the urge to punch the wall has almost gone away.
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Re:FCC Commissioner leaves for Comcast by FJCruiser79 on Thursday May 12, 2011 @12:33AM (#2539479)
There are laws that restrict her from lobbying current FCC employees and even staffers in and around the regulatory body. However, these cross-overs are still too common, meaning the restrictions in place probably aren't strong enough.
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Re:FCC Commissioner leaves for Comcast by eof on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @11:36PM (#2539382)
Should be illegal.
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