Senate bill would add high-tech brain power at FCC

Sens Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced a bill on Monday that would allow each of the five Federal Communications Commission commissioners to hire one additional staff member — an electrical engineer or computer scientist. Currently, commissioners are permitted to appoint only three professional assistants and a secretary. Historically, these professional assistants have been legal advisers covering the wireline, wireless, and cable/media sectors