Genachowski May be in Line for FCC Chair

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: December 19, 2008 9:41:55 AM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Genachowski May be in Line for FCC Chair

GENACHOWSKI MAY BE IN LINE FOR FCC CHAIR

An announcement could come as soon as today that President-elect Obama  
will name Julius Genachowski chairman of the Federal Communications  
Commission. Genachowski, who attended law school at Harvard with Obama  
and spearheaded the president-elect's technology and innovation  
agenda, was widely seen a leading contender for the positions of Chief  
Technology Officier or FCC Chair. Many telecom industry leaders and  
regulators said they believed Genachowski had first pick on any of the  
roles in Obama's administration that would oversee technology policy.  
Sources close to transition officials who spoke on the condition of  
anonymity said Genachowski had been recently meeting with key  
Democratic lawmakers to see if the role of CTO would have policy- 
making authority and decided against taking the job when he realized  
the definition of CTO would not include a strong regulatory role.  
Instead, Genachowski expressed interest in the FCC post. He previously  
served as chief counsel to former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt.

<http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/12/18/_speculation_is_rife_in.html#more 
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