The Regulation and Public Policy come from Robert D. Swezey Jr. Swezey started as an executive assistant for MCI chairman and CEO McGowan in 1969 and was primarily responsible for overseeing the contracts with carriers affiliated with the Chicago-St. Louis microwave system. He later occupied positions in corporate communications and public relations, was involved in antitrust litigation with AT&T, and in MCI's legislative and lobbying activities. His records reflect these activities and also include MCI’s filings with the Federal Communications Committee (FCC).

The series is organized into four subseries: Legislative and Regulatory Material; Corporate Communications; Corporate Affairs; and Miscellaneous and Personal.

While there is some documentation of earlier involvement, the Legislative and regulatory material subseries commences with material documenting MCI’s activities in opposition to the AT&T supported ‘Consumer Communications Reform Act of 1977, seen by MCI and other organizations as threatening to reclaim AT&T’s monopoly status through legislation.

MCI’s involvement in this and other legislative efforts is documented in transcripts of hearings, statements to congressional committees by MCI representatives and correspondence with legislators and legislative staff. This correspondence usually includes enclosures of information supporting MCI’s pro-competition position such as magazine and trade journal articles, studies by consultants and industry groups and speeches and presentations by representatives of regulatory agencies or communications organizations. Documents supporting AT&T’s position are also included.

Internal memoranda and the minutes and newsletters of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Competitive Communications vividly document their ultimately successful lobbying strategy through detailed reports of visits and conversations with legislators and follow-up proposals to influence the opinions of representatives or their staff on the various pieces of legislation.

MCI’s struggles with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are also documented in material relating to Execunet, Exchange Network Facilities for Interstate Access (ENFIA) and post-divestiture equal access provision. Filings, submissions, and opinions submitted to the FCC in these issues are included.

Some folders related to the Antitrust suits against AT&T by MCI and the Justice Department are included in this subseries. Includes background material for press releases with several exhibits and pleadings from the trial, as well as multiple versions of press releases for the announcement of the verdict in MCI v. AT&T and strategy memoranda reflecting obvious uncertainty regarding the verdict.

Documents are arranged alphabetically by folder title or subject, where folder title was absent or misleading, within major subject groups, with the exception of one chronological series of FCC submissions and a chronological series of boilerplate presentations to state’s regulatory agencies pertaining to equal access and intrastate service authorization.

Corporate Communications subseries presents background material on MCI's relations with their customers, stockholders, investors, financial analysts and media. Corporate affairs material includes records on organizational, financial, operational and personnel matters.

Miscellaneous and Personal subseries consists of a small amount of material related to club memberships, previous employment with the Chicago police department and freelance work for different organizations. Certain of the documents reveal aspects of the early corporate culture of MCI.