FCC Chairman Julius...
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who’s leaving the agency, faces a natural inflection point Thursday, the date of the next FCC meeting and also the day orders are to circulate for the planned May 9 meeting, FCC and industry officials said…
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this week. Genachowski has to decide whether to circulate items for a vote or put the meeting date off, officials said. Genachowski announced March 22 he was leaving the agency, but has yet to unveil his departure date (CD March 25 p1). Meanwhile, Commissioner Robert McDowell, who stopped voting on items before the agency as of last Monday, is not expected to attend Thursday’s meeting as he works through the various administrative things a federal commissioner has to do before leaving office, an FCC official said. Genachowski announced he appointed his wireline adviser, Michael Steffen, director of digital learning, “to lead the FCC’s work within the agency and across government, public, and private partners to modernize broadband infrastructure in U.S. schools and libraries and expand access to the opportunities of digital technologies for America’s teachers, students, and parents.” Steffen has been at the FCC since 2009 (http://bit.ly/YQLlZG).