Smith To Advise Wheeler on Wireless Issues, Incentive Auction
Edward Smith will return to the FCC, after an unsuccessful campaign for attorney general of Washington, D.C., to serve as wireless adviser to Chairman Tom Wheeler, including on the TV incentive auction, Wheeler said Tuesday in a news release. Acting…
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wireless aide Jessica Almond will move over to oversee media, enforcement and public safety issues for the chairman. Wheeler aides Renee Gregory and Maria Kirby are leaving the agency. Gregory, who has been on maternity leave, was the wireless adviser to both Wheeler and former Chairman Julius Genachowski. Kirby, who had been at the FCC since 2012, also joined Wheeler’s staff when he became chairman.