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President-elect Barack Obama will move to make changes at the FCC as he prepares to take power, the co-chairman of his transition team said yesterday.
John Podesta, a former Clinton administration official, said Obama's transition team would look at the FCC as part of its review of more than 100 federal agencies, departments and commissions. This review is necessary to "make strategic policy, budgetary and personnel decisions prior to the inauguration."
Regarding the FCC specifically, Podesta said, "I have no doubt that the President-elect will put his own stamp on the FCC."
He did not comment on the fate of current FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, and said "obviously the FCC continues to operate." One of the major issues that may be unresolved by Inauguration Day is the fate of the 700 MHz D-Block spectrum, which has been set aside to build an interoperable wireless network for first responders.
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Comments
Posted by Charlie Stogner | November 12, 2008 - 5:07pm
As president of the Leased Access Programmers association I hope any changes he makes will at least result in the Commission being able to see that we're able to have the rights to airtime Congress intended and the bureau that is supposed to insure this is made to perform.
Posted by Willie Lu | November 12, 2008 - 8:26pm
Obama will definitely promote open architecture in mobile and wireless industry, and will regulate to ban mobile phone locking by any operators.
2nd, Obama will promote affordable mobile services for low-class citizens, meaning low service fees and low device cost.
Posted by Chris T | November 13, 2008 - 11:32am
Where exactly are you getting this information? Is it pure speculation or educated guessing on your behalf?
Posted by Margaret Dillard | December 31, 2008 - 7:32pm
As a content producer and manager for a local orignation channel, I think that FCC needs to address leased access and make independent programming affordable for small businesses.
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