New FCC team aims for accessibility

A look at the Federal Communications Commission's new-media team. The team's goal is to comply with President Barack Obama's open government directive, the independent initiative of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, and turn a once notoriously opaque and uncommunicative FCC into a consumer-friendly agency.

In the 12 months since its inception, the new-media team of six specialists has been attempting to present all FCC projects in an accessible, easy-to-digest way. Tweets, podcasts, blogs and crowd-sourcing platforms have been integral to the team's communications efforts. The team has rolled out a series of websites, including Broadband.gov to chronicle the National Broadband Plan, OpenInternet.gov, and Reboot.FCC.gov -- a site for citizens to share ideas on the FCC's reform agenda and website redesign. The "reboot" website also serves as an interim platform until the long-awaited launch of the new FCC website, slated for the end of this year.