FCC Transition Leader Jeff Eisenach Works for Verizon, Not the Public.

• The FCC's long standing mission statement: To encourage competition in all communications markets and to protect the public interest.
• The Communications Act of 1934, Title 1, Section 1, as amended: To ensure that the American people have available - at reasonable costs and without discrimination - rapid, efficient, nation- and world-wide communication services; whether by radio, television, wire, satellite, or cable.

Should Congress start investigations as to whether a paid consultant to Verizon and other communications companies should lead the FCC's transition team, a government agency that is charged with protecting the public interest? (See our previous article.)

A Partial List of Work

(NOTE: These listings specifically mention both Eisenach and Verizon. There are a host of other documents published by NERA, AEI and other organizations through 2015 that also may have been funded by Verizon.)

• March 12, 2013: In the Matter of Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers, AT&T Corporation Petition for Rulemaking to Reform Regulation of Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier Rates for Interstate Special Access Services, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 05-25, RM-10593 Expert Declaration of Jeffrey A. Eisenach (with Kevin W. Caves) on Behalf of Verizon Communications and Verizon Wireless

VITA 2009: Testimony, Government Filings and Expert Reports

The New York Times Compiled this Dossier.

Failure to Disclose: No Mention Verizon is a Primary Client.

Should Congress investigate Eisenach et al. for their failure to properly disclose their ties with these corporations at congressional hearings and government agency meetings? And, have there been violations of the non-profit, tax-exempt status of the various organizations these consultants are affiliated with?

These are just two instances we found where Jeffrey Eisenach presented 'expertise' but failed to identify the fact that one of his major paid clients was Verizon.

• September 17, 2014: Statement before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary On "Why Net Neutrality Matters: Protecting Consumers and Competition Through Meaningful Open Internet Rules" Testimony of Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar American Enterprise Institute