The FCC is reaching outside its headquarters to hire outside...
The FCC is reaching outside its headquarters to hire outside experts in auction theory and implementation as it prepares for a voluntary incentive auction of broadcast spectrum. The auction is expected to be the most complicated in the history of…
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the agency. The FCC will lean on expertise from Auctionomics, staffed by leading economists including Paul Milgrom of Stanford University, and Jonathan Levin and Ilya Segal of Stanford University. The FCC also hired Power Auctions, led by Lawrence Ausubel, a University of Maryland economist and auction expert. “The knowledge and experience of this team will complement the substantial expertise of agency staff to meet these goals,” said Chairman Julius Genachowski.