Genachowski, others now advising President Obama on intelligence

Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is joining President Barack Obama’s intelligence advisory board, a small panel that provides counsel on America's spy agencies. The nonpartisan advisory body is comprised of people outside the government and seeks to improve the way intelligence agencies function, including their organizational structure and compliance with the law. Genachowski is among Obama's longest-serving advisers; a classmate of Obama's at Harvard Law School, he was tapped in 2008 to lead the then-senator's tech policy working group during the 2008 presidential campaign. Six others were named to the board including UPS Chairman Scott Davis, former Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Shirley Ann Jackson and Neal Wolin, the former No. 2 at the Treasury Department.