McDowell Announces Staff, Will Vote on Media Ownership
MCDOWELL ANNOUNCES STAFF, WILL VOTE ON MEDIA OWNERSHIP
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
FCC Commissioner Robert M. McDowell announced the hiring of Dana Shaffer, Angela Giancarlo, and Cristina Chou Pauzé as Acting Legal Advisors. Dana Brown Shaffer, Acting Wireline Advisor, joined the FCC as Deputy Bureau Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau, and served as an interim legal advisor to Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate. Angela Giancarlo, Acting Wireless Advisor, recently served as Associate Chief for Spectrum Policy in the Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Cristina Chou Pauzé, Acting Media Advisor, joined the FCC as an Associate Bureau Chief in the Media Bureau. Her prior experience includes positions at Morrison & Foerster's Washington DC office, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Teleglobe USA Inc. Ms. Pauzé received her JD from Vanderbilt University School of Law and her AB from Duke University. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable John G. Heyburn II of the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
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* McDowell to Vote on Media Ownership
[SOURCE: TVWeek, AUTHOR: Doug Halonen]
In one of his first official duties, Robert McDowell, the Federal Communications Commission's new Republican commissioner, is planning to vote next week on a controversial proceeding to relax agency media ownership restrictions, Dana Brown Shaffer, his press liaison, said Monday. Ms. Shaffer's remark is important because it represents the first public confirmation that Mr. McDowell plans to serve as the tie-breaking vote on the media ownership issue.
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