President Biden expected to name 2 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Picks, Acting FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel for Commissioner, and former FCC Official Gigi Sohn, as early as Tuesday.
The White House’s wants to Close the Digital “Homework Gap” and Expand Broadband using new Subsidy Programs created during the Pandemic.
Sohn's pick is for the Open Democratic Seat on the Commission. Sohn staked out a Robust Defense of Net Neutrality.
The moves would give Democrats a Majority on the Five-Person Panel, for the first time during Biden’s Presidency, ending a 2-2 Partisan Stalemate that has stymied much of the Progressive Agenda for the FCC.
That includes a Restoration of the Agency’s Obama-era Net Neutrality Rules, which Prohibited Internet Providers from Blocking and Throttling Consumers’ Internet Traffic.
But the Decisions come relatively late in Biden’s Term: Only Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon waited as late as September, of their first year to tap their FCC Chair.
And unless the Senate confirms Rosenworcel and Sohn by the End of December, Republicans are poised to gain a 2-1 Majority on the Commission come January.
Biden is also expected to nominate longtime Tech Lawyer, Alan Davidson, to Head the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a key post for setting the Executive Branch’s Policies on issues like Wireless Spectrum use and 5G.
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