C Legal Power

1. Congress

• 2006 Telecommunications Act: Stevens Bill
  
• Cornell's LII, U.S. Communications Law.  Easy access to communications laws online.
• FCC, Telecommunications Act of 1996.  Text of the statute.
• U.S. Congress, Bill Summary of 1996 Telecomm Act 

2. Agencies

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• The current Commissioners are: Chairman Kevin J. Martin (Republican), Michael J. Copps (Democrat), Jonathan S. Adelstein (Democrat), Deborah Taylor Tate (Republican), and Robert M. McDowell (Republican).
• Commissioner list since 1934

•  Example of Congress going after the FCC :: House Commerce Committee Report on former Chairman Kevin Martin
  

• National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
• Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) and the National Information Infrastructure (NII) (from the Clinton Administration days)
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Department Of Justice, Antitrust Division
• Administrative Procedure Act and related texts

3. Courts

• D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
• Administrative Office of U.S. Courts
• Sample Petition for Review with DC Court of Appeals (challenging 2008 White Spaces Order) 

4. Federalism

a. Federal/State Divide

National Governors Association

b. State Public Utilities Commissions

National Association of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners

California Public Utilities Commission (state level)

Information Technology Agency (Los Angeles; local gov’t level)

c. Global Structures

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

World Trade Organization (WTO)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

• icannwatch.org

World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies