Submission Number: 00004 

Received: 1/16/2012 2:22:50 PM
Commenter: Joe Boggs
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State: Ohio

Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Initiative: 16 CFR Parts 2 and 4: Proposed Revisions to Part 2 and Rule 4.1 of the Commission's Rules of Practice; FTC File No. P112103
Attachments: No Attachments
Submission Text
I completely concur with Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch's reasons for voting against the proposed revisions to the Part 2 Rules and Rule 4.1(e) as outlined in his Dissenting Statement dated January 13, 2012. The omission of the two reforms noted in his Statement; "mandatory compulsory process in all full-phase investigations and regular reports on the status of pending investigations to all Commissioners," could seriously hamper meaningful follow-through with investigations by the FTC. Furthermore, such reforms would strengthen transparency in all investigations by placing important process updates into the record.