Crowell To Leave FCC
May 4, 2010
| 5:03 PM
A key adviser to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Tuesday that he is leaving the commission. Senior Counselor Colin Crowell said he planned to leave the agency in June to "explore other professional opportunities."
Before joining the FCC, Crowell spent years as the top telecommunications staffer to Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, playing a role in helping to draft key pieces of communications legislation including the 1996 telecommunications act and language added by Markey to last year's economic stimulus package requiring the FCC to develop the national broadband plan.
Genachowski said Crowell "has been indispensable to every key decision we've made and his rare combination of policy smarts, wise counsel, and communications expertise has been invaluable to me and the agency as we developed our broadband agenda for the nation."
Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn also praised Crowell, saying "American consumers have lost a great champion and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has lost an invaluable adviser. Colin's knowledge of telecommunications and Congress is unrivaled in Washington."
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