http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db1110/DOC-302746A1.pdf November 10, 2010 FCC CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI'S SENIOR ADVISOR ON BROADBAND PHOEBE YANG TO LEAVE FCC IN DECEMBER Washington, D.C. -- Today, it was announced that Phoebe Yang, Senior Advisor to the Chairman on Broadband, will leave the FCC in December, to join the senior management team and lead acquisitions strategy at The Advisory Board Company, a leading provider of comprehensive performance improvement services to the health care and education sectors. Ms. Yang has spearheaded the Commission's broadband priorities, as set forth in Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, and has led the Plan's integration into the broader Commission agenda. "Phoebe has been indispensable to the Commission's efforts to take early and decisive action to implement the National Broadband Plan -- from leading the creation of the Commission's 2010 Broadband Action Agenda to advising the Executive Branch on how broadband policies can spur innovation in addressing national priorities such as health care, energy, and education," said Chairman Genachowski. "Her wise counsel, intellectual rigor, and exceptional management gifts have been invaluable to me and the agency, and the nation owes her a debt of gratitude for her outstanding public service." ... ----------------------------------- I heard Congressman Joe Barton yesterday on NPR. It sounded to me like some of the FCC initiatives on broadband, specifically mentioned (while I was listening) being regulating broadband access under Title II, are not going to fly through Congress now. I wonder how much this has to do with the above announcement from the FCC? I also wonder how the new TV spectrum grab policy will be handled now? Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.