On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:28:17 EDT, AF6AY wrote:

That final decision then
becomes a Memorandum Report and Order, colloquially known as
an "R&O." Once that R&O is published in the Federal Register, it
become law.

The MO&O is only one type of Order used in both rulemaking and
adjudicative proceedings.
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon

e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net

On Jun 26, 7:45?pm, Phil Kane wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:28:17 EDT, AF6AY wrote:
That final decision then
becomes a Memorandum Report and Order, colloquially known as
an "R&O." Once that R&O is published in the Federal Register, it
become law.

The MO&O is only one type of Order used in both rulemaking and
adjudicative proceedings.

Thank you for the additional information. I was not trying to
write a treatise on law, just making a simple explanation of
how the FCC does its thing for the benefit of those who are
less informed.

Never fear, I shall endeavor to keep quiet on "adjudicative
proceedings" until I have been admitted to the Bar. [when
do they open and close?]

AF6AY