Three Business Communication Statutes

Business Statutes

There are three business communication statutes that exist to control the processes of businesses to ensure the public, business interests, or even activist can achieve access to the correct information. The information must be effortlessly accessible to ensure the public can make knowledgeable decisions. This paper will recognize three different business statutes that subsist in business environment and offer a brief analysis of each. The Telecommunications act regarding an article on the effectiveness of its passing after three years and explain its effectiveness on the businesses involved.

Freedom of Information act

The Freedom of information act enact by Congress in 1966 to give the American public greater access to the federal government's records (Foia-The Freedom of Information Act, n.d.). This statute update by Bill Clinton in October 2, 1996 which that extended the scope of the freedom of information on electronic records and rigorous changes regarding the Internet and its use as a medium to make things more accessible of everything (Foia-The Freedom of Information Act, n.d.). It was also called the Electronic Freedom of Information act. It also guarantees companies must provide an employee and financial reports and supply a statement of the method that shows its key functions and any updates converse in the Federal register.

The Communications Act

The Communications Act of 1934 combined and organized federal regulation of telephone, telegraph, and radio communications (Federal Statutes Relevant in the Information Sharing Environment (ise), n.d.). The Act created the Federal Communications Commission to manage and regulate these industries. As new communications technologies were created, such as cable, satellite, and broadcast television, new necessities governing these communications have been added to the Act in 1996 (Federal Statutes Relevant In The Information Sharing Environment (ise), n.d.). Also with the control of the FCC they can adjust maturity of the content shown on public television and standardize virtually every aspect of the broadcasting and communication industry. They regulate frequencies, rates and fees, standards, competition, terms of subscriber access, commercials, broadcasting in the public interest, government use of communications systems. In addition, have numerous provisions that address customer privacy, admission for individuals with disabilities, and nondiscrimination. One accommodation credited to the Communications act is closed captioning for hearing impaired (Federal Statutes Relevant in the Information Sharing Environment (ise), n.d.).

The Telecommunication Act

On February 8, 1996, President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996(U.s. Policy: Telecomunications