Clyburn Nominated For FCC Post

April 30, 2009

From CongressDaily's AM Edition...

President Obama announced Wednesday he is nominating Mignon Clyburn, a state regulator in South Carolina and daughter of House Majority Whip James Clyburn for a Democratic seat on the five-member FCC. The younger Clyburn, whose nomination has been anticipated for weeks, has been a member of the South Carolina Public Service Commission since 1998 and its chairwoman from 2002-2004. The PSC "regulates South Carolina's investor owned public utilities, including providers of telecommunications services," according to a White House statement. She would replace Jonathan Adelstein, who was nominated to head the Rural Utilities Service, an Agriculture Department division that issues loans and grants for telecom, energy and water treatment projects.

Juliana Gruenwald

Tech Writer

E-Mail: jgruenwald@nationaljournal.com.

Juliana Gruenwald has been covering tech and telecom issues for more than a decade for National Journal, Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. This is her second stint with National Journal. She was recruited by NJ in 1998 to help launch its first tech policy publication, Technology Daily. She left in 2000 to cover international tech and telecom issues for Ziff Davis Media's Interactive Week magazine. She started her career at United Press International as the wire service's first Helen Thomas Intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. A Minneapolis native, she misses the lakes but not the cold.

Josh Smith

Tech Reporter

E-Mail: joshsmith@nationaljournal.com.

Josh Smith covers technology policy as a staff reporter for National Journal. He previously interned at National Journal Daily, a Senate press office, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City where he covered the state legislature, courts, and crime. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Utah University after managing an award-winning student newspaper as editor-in-chief. Josh has received state, regional and national awards for his political and policy reporting, including first place in CapitolBeat’s 2009 Best of Statehouse Reporting college competition. A native of drop-dead-gorgeous Utah, Josh lives in Virginia with his wife, Amber.

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