PAGE B1 New F.C.C. Internet Rules The F.C.C. is preparing rules that would allow delivery of the Internet through power lines and make online phone calls even cheaper.
The Department of Transportation is already preparing rules that will require buses to have seat belts and electronic recorders to replace easily falsified paper records of driver hours.
He prepared rules for rifle practice in the New York National Guard that were the first of their kind in this country and, according to Wingate himself, "led to the formation of the National Rifle Association" in 1871.
See articleAmerica's Food and Drug Administration prepared rules to toughen its regulation of products for smokers, including the first curbs on e-cigarettes, such as warning labels that they contain nicotine and banning their sale to under-18s.
The Securities and Exchange Commission, complying with a new federal accounting law, is preparing rules that will require company lawyers to report evidence of misconduct to their boards, the S.E.C. chairman, Harvey L. Pitt, said today.
A1 Trading System for Spectrum F.C.C. officials are preparing rules that would create a trading system in which telecommunications companies of all kinds could bid for underused slivers of the spectrum that are already under the control of other companies.
Officials at the Federal Communications Commission say they are preparing rules that would create a trading system in which telecommunications companies of all kinds, from old-fashioned radio stations and telephone companies to purveyors of wireless Internet services, could bid for underused slivers of the spectrum that are already under the control of other companies.
During his confirmation hearings, Mr. Geithner said the administration is preparing rules that would require executives at companies receiving taxpayer money to agree that any compensation above a certain amount — he did not specify how much — be "paid in restricted stock or similar form" that could not be liquidated or sold until the government had been repaid.
As Formula One teams prepare the rules for future seasons in talks with the sport's governing body, they are contemplating a cautionary tale about overhauling the sport too quickly.
For its part, the S.E.C. staff will prepare new rules about which consulting services may be offered by accounting firms to their corporate clients and which should be forbidden given the conflicts they pose, Mr. Levitt said.
