| Is there another vacancy at the FCC? So Tate and Chessen left the FCC for corporate lobbying positions, now former lobbyist Wallsten got appointed to a FCC vacancy, is there another vacant position at the FCC?
Also, what would a consumer advocate's opinion be about Clyburn? |
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2 edits | The two vacant positions were filled.
Clyburn is kind of an unknown, but her pop has traditionally been a Democratic AT&T yes-man. I'll be doubtful if AT&T isn't her primary source of technical knowledge, too, but maybe she'll surprise, given she does have a history as a newspaper operator.
Meredith Baker is the other new Republican, and is generally a carbon copy of the familiar bobbleheadish "deregulation cures cancer" type, who generally have no real insight on technology other than what she's told to parrot by corporate constituents.
If you recall, she was part of an NTIA That boldly proclaimed we'd achieved universal broadband penetration in 2007. |
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| reply to hoyleysox
Tate was a commissioner, but never Senate approved, so she left at the end of the Bush term. Tate's commission position was filled by an Obama appointment.
Chessen was Acting Chief of Staff under Copps, and an adviser to Julius.
Wallsten is in a temporary advisory position specifically looking at economics under the stimulus plan and that job runs out in February and he'll return to his old gig.
There are no open commission seats. |
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| reply to Karl Bode
You make your Op/Ed seem like only the Cable Industry does this. In return the Telco's do it as well. Showing favoritism today? |
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| I did? Certainly wasn't my intent. I mention AT&T think tanks and AT&T's pet plaything, Connected Nation. It's both parties. It's all companies. It's everywhere. |
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| Speaking of Connected Nation, TWC is also part of that. At least in Ohio they are. And MANY MANY Small Co-Op Phone companies. |
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