Genachowski Gets His Day On The Hill
Arrive early and brace for a crowd if you'll be attending Tuesday's highly anticipated FCC nomination hearing, when Julius Genachowski, President Obama's choice to run the agency, appears before the Senate Commerce Committee. Also appearing at the session, which kicks off at 2:30 p.m. in Room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building, will be FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, a Republican who has been nominated for a second term. Genachowski -- a close friend and law school classmate of the president, and Obama's chief technology adviser during the campaign -- is expected to oversee an ambitious agenda if confirmed, with new broadband policies as the centerpiece.
Speaking of which...The Internet Innovation Alliance, a coalition of businesses and non-profits, hosts a Wednesday event at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. on the development of the FCC's national broadband strategy. Guest speakers at the gathering, which runs from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., include West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin. And that's followed Thursday and Friday by the annual Broadband Policy Summit sponsored by Pike and Fischer, to be held at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway in Arlington, Va. Keynote speakers Thursday are House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., and the head honcho at the FCC pending Genachowski's confirmation: acting Chairman Michael Copps.
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