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Can the Federal Communications Commission Successfully Implement Its Computer II Decision?

CED-82-38 Published: Jan 29, 1982. Publicly Released: Feb 02, 1982.
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GAO was requested to review the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) plan for implementing its Computer Inquiry II decision. This decision deals with the regulatory problems raised by the convergence of communications and data processing technologies. The objectives of the review were to: (1) determine the major tasks which must be accomplished to implement Computer II and the timeframe for completing them; and (2) examine the organization which FCC has established and the resources which it has assigned to carry out these tasks.

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