In a not totally unexpected move, Commissioner Robert McDowell (R) announced during the Federal Communications Commission’s monthly meeting, that he would be exiting the agency “in a few weeks.”
McDowell’s exit wasn’t completely out of the blue. His chief of staff, Angela Giancarlo, resigned last month.
His imminent departure paves the way for Chairman Julius Genachowski to safely announce his exit and make it easier for President Obama to nominate at the same time a Republican and a Democrat.
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