Simington Sworn In; O'Rielly Officially Out
New FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington was sworn in at 9 a.m. Monday by Chairman Ajit Pai via videoconference (see 2012140021), an agency spokesperson confirmed. Simingon’s oath of office officially ends the term of his predecessor, Commissioner Mike O’Rielly, who noted…
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the change on his Twitter account Monday: “Excitingly, I am a private citizen and not an FCC Commissioner.” The commission tweeted a photo with a split screen of Pai and Simington side by side, apparently in the midst of the ceremony. Simington’s name and photo also replaced O’Rielly's in the FCC’s online list of commissioners. He has a brief biography page on the FCC’s website, along with a link to his new email address. He didn’t respond to a request for comment directed there. The bio page also lists Simington’s new official FCC Twitter account, which doesn’t appear to have ever tweeted and by Monday afternoon was following only other official FCC accounts. Simington’s bio describes him as having "private and public-sector experience” with the NTIA and Brightstar and as an attorney in private practice. Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., Commissioner Brendan Carr and others tweeted congratulations to Simington Monday. “I know Nathan will follow in [O’Rielly’s] footsteps to champion rural broadband and support America in the race to 5G,” said Thune. The Senate confirmed Simington last week (see 2012080067).