Robert S Tanner

Washington Post reported recently that Susan Crawford will return to academia next year:

White House technology policy adviser, Susan Crawford will leave her position in January to return to the University of Michigan Law School where she is a tenured professor, according to the Obama administration.

The FCC is holding the first of a series of over 20 workshops on broadband matters (part of its work to deliver a national plan on broadband to Congress in February 2010).  Today's workshop is on the subject of E-Gov and civic engagement.

The FCC is making strides on using new technology -- the workshop is being streamed with web-x allowing anyone with an Internet connection to participate via VoIP/Video and chat.  The event is also being streamed into Second Life (although I'm not sure how interactive that will be).  I'm using the web-x stream right now and it's working great.

Another nomination for the FCC:

Mignon Clyburn, currently a commissioner on the South Carolina Public Service Commission and the daughter of House Majority Whip James Clyburn, has been nominated to replace former FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, who has been appointed to a position with the Rural Utilities Service. Prior to her service on the South Carolina commission, Ms. Clyburn was the publisher and general manager of a Charleston newspaper, The Coastal Times, for 14 years.

President Obama named Aneesh Paul Chopra as federal CTO.  Here's a clip of him from the State of the Net conference this past January:

An interview with Kevin Werbach, professor at Wharton and recently, on the FCC review team for the Obama transition.  Kevin is not only a smart guy, but has always been very clued in on Internet policy issues. 

Bill Moyers interviewed then Commissioner Michael Copps about media ownership and the public interest in August 2007.  (Doesn't look like the Bill Moyers Journal allows for embedding of its video)

Live video of the presentations available here today (should be archived after it's over).

News that Julius Genachowski is the nominee for Chairman of the FCC.

And Vivek Kundra was named to the position of federal CIO CTO.

Weather report: we got a whole bunch of snow at the beginning of March.  Go figure...

Los Wholigans spring soccer season starts in a week or so. 

And I'm on FACEBOOK now where I actually do post an update now and then.

USA 2 goals to nada for Mexico in the opening match of the final CONCACAF qualifying round.  Looked cold in Columbus, glad I was watching on teevee...