Wireless Bureau Staffer Named new Open Internet Ombudsperson
The FCC is getting a new open Internet ombudsperson. Michael Janson of the Wireless Bureau is replacing Parul Desai, who was named to the new post four months ago (see 1506150057). The ombudsperson serves as the public’s “primary point of…
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contact within the agency for formal and informal questions and complaint,” the FCC said in a Friday news release. Desai, formerly of Consumers Union, will stay at the FCC as an attorney adviser in the Media Bureau Audio Division. She was an assistant chief in the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau before taking the net neutrality job. Janson has “a demonstrated expertise in Open Internet policy in helping lead the bureau’s work related to the Open Internet Order,” the news release said. He will work under CGB Chief Alison Kutler.