FCC: How will changing of the guard impact big telecom issues?

Now that Julius Genachowski has been selected by President-elect Barack Obama to chair the Federal Communications Commission, he can expect to be a very busy man over the next four years.Once Genachowski officially takes over the FCC later this month, he will have to deal with immediate challenges, such as the impending transition from analog to DTV, as well as more long-term goals, such as deciding whether to impose ‘Net neutrality rules and bringing broadband to underserved regions. As if that weren’t enough, Nemertes Research analyst and Network World columnist Johna Till Johnson says that the decisions that Genachowski and the FCC make over the next four years could very decide “the fate of the Internet.”But before diving into the specific issues on the FCC’s plate, it’s useful to have some basic background information on its incoming chairman. Genachowski had previously worked at the FCC as the chief counsel to former FCC chairman Reed Hundt and has also been a senior executive at the IAC/InterActiveCorp e-commerce company, as well as a member of the boards of directors for Internet companies such as Expedia and Hotels.com. During the 2008 presidential election, Genachowski served as chairman of the Obama campaign’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications policy working group, and he is a leader on the Obama transition team’s policy working group on technology, innovation and government reform. Obama and Genachowski have known each other since the early 1990s, when the two men worked at the Harvard Law Review while students at Harvard Law School.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/011509-fcc.htmlIt’s Just Not Julius — There’s An All New Telecom Team
Much of the buzz around Washington in telecom circles has been about the selection of Julius Genachowski as the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). But he’s only one of the all-new lineup.
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