Obama: broadband in every community in America

The incoming administration may move faster than expected to put a tech team in place, given the unsettled state of the Federal Communications Commission and President-elect Obama's desire to leverage broadband, wireless and other technologies to advance top priorities such as economic revitalization, health care reform, education and public safety. What is clear is that momentum is growing to enact administrative and organization reforms at the five-member FCC, whose operations under current Chairman Kevin Martin have been sharply criticized by the Democratic-controlled Congress, consumer groups and industry.