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FCC's Revolving Door
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:18:21 -0400
I happen to strongly agree with Cannon on this issue (and others). Mike and most if not all of the FCC are honest hardworking people who do not make decisions based on their future job prospects.
Dave Farber Former Chief Technologist FCC Begin forwarded message: From: Robert Cannon <rcannon100 () yahoo com> Date: August 12, 2005 3:02:00 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: FCC's Revolving Door Washington politics is filled with accusations that this person has sold out and that person has been bought. These amount to little more than unsubstantiated rhetoric which inflames the dialog but adds little to substance. Whatever Powell was, he was discipline to his ideology. People may or may not have liked his beliefs - but in some ways Powell was a very predictable politician because his views came not from whim but a discipline ideology. What I want to respond to is the knee jerk reaction about the revolving door. The FCC is widely regarded as one of the best agencies to work for. People like to work there. People believe that working at the FCC is something that will add to them professionally. These are people that go out and work for a wide range of opportunities. Paul Margie from Commissioner Copps office is going to go out and work for an UN ICT project. Other high ranking officials have gone out and worked on rural telecom deployment. One guy now works for Skype, another for Pulver, another for CLECs, some of course for the Bells. Academics do their sabbaticals at the FCC as a potentially great short term experience (David Farber came as chief technologist for a year or so). The point: The FCC is filled with brilliant people working hard. It is filled with brilliant people because it is a good place to work and because it is considered a form of graduate school. Those who call for slamming the revolving door shut should think carefully about the impact that would have. Who would then possibly want to work for the FCC other than, well, those who have no interesting in communications policy? =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=Cybertelecom :: An educational non profit dedicated to raising awareness of and participation in Federal Internet Policy. www.cybertelecom.org
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