WT Docket No. 14-170:Updating Part1 Competitive Bidding Rules; GN Docket No. 12-268: Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions; RM-11395: Petition of DIRECTV Group, Inc. and EchoStar LLC for Expedited Rulemaking to Amend Section 1.2105(a)(2)(xi) and 1.2106(a) of the Commission’s Rules and/or for Interim Conditional Waiver; WT Docket No. 05-211: Implementation of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act and Modernization of the Commission’s Competitive Bidding Rules and Procedures
On July 6 and July 7, 2015, John Prendergast and Cary Mitchell of the law firm Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast, LLP (“Blooston Rural Carriers”), Erin Fitzgerald of the Rural Wireless Association, Inc. (“RWA”), Jill Canfield of NTCA– The Rural Broadband Association (“NTCA”) attended separate meetings with Legal Advisor Brendan Carr from Commissioner Ajit Pai’s office; Acting Legal Advisor Jessica Almond from Chairman Tom Wheeler’s office; and Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel and her Policy Advisor Valery Galasso to discuss certain aspects of the Commission’s Designated Entity(“DE”) bidding proposal.