A proposed government agency merger including NTIA (CD Jan 17...
A proposed government agency merger including NTIA (CD Jan 17 p1) is unlikely to “make much difference” for the agency, said Henry Geller, who was the first NTIA administrator. “In the new combine, I would guess that it would have…
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the same lack of clout in dealing with DOD [the Defense Department](NSA)[National Security Agency] and the independent agency, FCC,” Geller said. Leadership affects the agency’s relative importance more than government organization, he said. “Effective government turns on whether the people in charge are well connected with the Executive Office and Congress, so it does matter who leads the new combined agency.”