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Powell To Leave FCC In March

Jack Decker (jack-yahoogroups@withheld)
Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:46:28 -0500

http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57703257

Powell To Leave FCC In March

His successor is expected to continue the FCC's current direction of
less telecom regulation instead of more, especially in regards to new
technologies like Voice over IP.

By Paul Kapustka
Advanced IP Pipeline

With surprising timing for a somewhat expected move, Federal
Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell on Friday announced
his decision to step down from his post "some time in March."

Powell's official resignation statement, which was posted after the
news first appeared in an editorial in Friday's Wall Street Journal,
opens the debate as to who will succeed him as chairman. Initial
front-runners for the job include current commissioner Kevin Martin
and Michael Gallagher, deputy director of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and an
assistant secretary for the Department of Commerce.

While the succession process may take even longer than Powell's
proposed March timeframe (due to potential logjams in pending
Congressional approvals for new cabinet members and judges), whoever
takes over will likely continue the FCC's current direction of less
telecom regulation instead of more, especially in regards to new
technologies like Voice over IP.

Full story at:
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57703257

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