He is known for his independent views in an Administration that generally favors deregulatory policies.

Instead of addressing that crucial question, though, the report is an unabashed celebration of free-market, deregulatory policies.

Why have our deregulatory policies led to higher cost-per-megabit compared with other, more-regulated markets that require unbundling?

The government describes its "broadband strategy" as a set of "pro-competitive, deregulatory policies.

Effect of Deregulation At the same time, she said, broadcasters took advantage of more freedom allowed by the deregulatory policies of the Reagan Administration.

The President has stressed the effect his tax cuts and deregulatory policies have had on the economy's ability to generate jobs.

His deregulatory policy coincided with a period of significant consolidation in the communications market.

And after two years of attacks by environmentalists for his deregulatory policies, Mr. Bush called for $1.2 billion in research into cleaner-burning hydrogen-powered automobiles.

Both appointments were expected to provoke sharpened conflicts with some Congressional Democrats who have become increasingly critical of the Administration's deregulatory policies.

Mr. Burnley has been a strong advocate of the Reagan Administration's deregulatory policies, which airline consumer groups have attacked as harmful to service.