Strickling Nomination Hearing Set

The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled the nomination hearing for Larry Strickling for May 19. That means the proposed new head of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration could be installed before the June 12 DTV transition deadline. Strickling was a telecom and technology advisor to the Obama campaign--as was FCC Chairman nominee Julius Genachowski--and is former chief of the FCC's Common Carrier Bureau and held other posts there. Strickling was one of the top candidates for the FCC post as well. Strickling's resume includes Ameritech, Allegiance Telecom, CoreExpress, Network Plus, and he was a partner in the firm of Kirkland and Ellis.