Familiar names in the communications regulatory arena were named to President-Elect Barack Obama's transition team Wednesday.
Obama's technology, innovation and government reform group will be led by Julius Genachowski, who founded a venture capital firm and was a former chief counsel at the Federal Communications Commission, and Blair Levin, former chief of staff for FCC Chairman Reed Hundt who now works for Stifel Nicolaus. Sonal Shah, who leads Google's global development efforts, also was named to the team.
A few days ago, the Obama transition team named two academics to lead the review group that will advise the incoming president about changes at the FCC. The first pick, Susan Crawford, is a professor of law at the University of Michigan, teaching communications law and internet law. The second individual, Ken Werbach, is an assistant professor of legal studies and business ethics at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif,) won support from a House Democratic leadership panel Wednesday to replace Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The decision now goes to the broader House Democrats caucus today.
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