Commissioner Nicholas Johnson of the Federal Communications Commission observed the "citizen participation in the Federal Communications Commissions decisionmaking process is virtually nonexistent." Former Chairman Lee White of the Federal Power Commission wrote: On the whole. I believe meaningful citizen involvement In the administrative process is sorely lacking. And even the Interstate Commerce Commission. which maintained that basically everything was fine in the agency. admitted that citizen participation before that agency is "somewhat limited." This phenomenon is certainly not limited to the regulatory agencies. How often do aliens participate in rulemaking by the Immigration and Naturalization Service? What input do draftage men have into the policy formulation of the Selective Service System? How often are passengers represented in ICC rulemaking proceedings?
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