Ruth Milkman appears likely to be named FCC...
Ruth Milkman appears likely to be named FCC chief of staff after Tom Wheeler becomes chairman, several industry officials told us. “I keep hearing it’s Ruth,” said a former eighth-floor adviser. “It’s hard to find people to come in in…
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a second term and Ruth is already there and has a lot of experience and is well liked by most everyone.” Several observers said the chief of staff has a broad portfolio and, unlike someone from outside the agency, Milkman would not have to recuse herself from working on some issues. She has had two stints as Wireless Bureau chief, from August 2009 to June 2011, and again since June 2012. In the 1990s, she was senior legal adviser to then-FCC Chairman Reed Hundt.