Biden Unveils Members of FCC Agency Review Team
John Williams, senior counselor at the House Judiciary Committee, leads the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris presidential transition’s FCC review team. Former Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is on the team, as is DLA Piper’s Smitty Smith, a former FCC and NTIA staffer. Rounding out the team is Paul de Sa, former FCC official and analyst, now at Quadra Partners. The FCC was one of the agencies left out last week when other teams were named.
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"FCC alumni from the Obama/Wheeler era" are on the new team, New Street Research's Blair Levin emailed investors. Williams' appointment indicates "the hold up in naming the FCC team probably related to the issues of detailing a current government employee to the transition when the GSA has not certified the transition," the analyst wrote, referring to the General Services Administration.
The FCC didn't immediately answer our query, and nor did the transition team.