{"id":630,"date":"2008-02-27T23:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=630"},"modified":"2025-07-09T19:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:25:09","slug":"cutting-red-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=630","title":{"rendered":"Cutting red tape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CRTC and Statistics Canada have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crtc.gc.ca\/eng\/NEWS\/RELEASES\/2008\/r080227.htm\">announced<\/a> an initiative to cut down on the amount of government paperwork required from telecommunications service providers in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Both government bodies currently require filings from carriers.<\/p>\n<p>Under a new inter-agency Memorandum of Understanding, their annual telecommunications surveys have been harmonized to reduce regulatory burden and make data collection more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning with this year&#8217;s filings, there will be only one annual telecommunications survey, submitted through the CRTC&#8217;s web-based Data Collection System.<\/p>\n<p>Nice to see the walls coming down!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/CRTC\" rel=\"tag\">CRTC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Statistics+Canada\" rel=\"tag\">Statistics Canada<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CRTC and Statistics Canada have announced an initiative to cut down on the amount of government paperwork required from telecommunications service providers in Canada. 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