FCC Reform Expected On Obama's Agenda

Key industry players and public interest groups will discuss proposed Federal Communications Commission reforms in managing spectrum, Network Neutrality, and media ownership at a January conference. The event, to be held at the National Press Building in Washington, is sponsored by the public interest organization Public Knowledge and Silicon Flatirons, the University of Colorado's Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Silicon Flatirons asked rhetorically, "Is the Federal Communications Commission truly equipped to deal with immediate challenges that it will face? That question is being asked today by policymakers from Capitol Hill and around the country." Participants and speakers will include former FCC Chairmen Reed Hundt and William Kennard, Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge president, and Professor Phil Weiser, executive director of the Silicon Flatirons Center. Other former FCC commissioners scheduled to participate include Kathleen Abernathy and Nick Johnson.