Spotlight on NTIA: Chris Hemmerlein, Telecommunications Policy Specialist, Office of International Affairs

Chris Hemmerlein says he feels fortunate to have a job that he enjoys so much. Hemmerlein, a telecommunications policy specialist in the Office of International Affairs, handles Asia- and United Nations-related issues for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. While OIA has gotten a lot of attention in the last year for the work it does on ICANN-related issues, Hemmerlein primarily works on Internet policy issues being debated at UN-related agencies. Over the coming months, he will be focused on the working group on international Internet-related public policy issues at the International Telecommunication Union and on the UN’s upcoming 10-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society.