Monday, March 7, 2011

Lawrence Strickling - NTIA, Department of Commerce, FCC, Kirkland and Ellis - ALL Convenient Connections and Favors Owed?

It seems that Lawrence Strickling is the Key Government Player connecting the Different Companies and agencies to make sure of Special Spectrum Favors. The FCC is pretty much the
NTIA right ? Much more on those connections and WHY I have not YET made those Connections On My Blogs... Coming SOON..

"Lawrence E. Strickling

Lawrence E. Strickling (click for higher resolution)Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) U.S. Department of Commerce

Lawrence E. Strickling has served as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the Department of Commerce since June 25, 2009. In this role, Strickling serves as Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the executive branch agency that is principally responsible for advising the President on communications and information policies.

Key issues on NTIA’s agenda include the management of the $4.7 billion broadband grants program created by the Recovery Act, administration of Federal agency spectrum requirements, and Internet governance and other Internet policy matters.

Mr. Strickling is a technology policy expert with more than two decades of experience in the public and private sectors.

As Policy Coordinator for Obama for America, Strickling oversaw two dozen domestic policy committees and was responsible for technology and telecommunications issues.

Prior to joining the campaign, Strickling was Chief Regulatory and Chief Compliance Officer at Broadwing Communications for three years.

His private sector experience also includes serving in senior roles at Allegiance Telecom and CoreExpress, Inc. and as a member of the Board of Directors of Network Plus.

In government, Strickling served at the Federal Communications Commission as Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau from 1998 to 2000.

Prior to that, Strickling was Associate General Counsel and Chief of the FCC's Competition Division.

Prior to joining the FCC, Strickling was Vice President, Public Policy at Ameritech.

Before Ameritech, he was a litigation partner at the Chicago law firm of Kirkland & Ellis.

Strickling earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in economics. Prior to his appointment, he served on the Board of Visitors at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Chicago's Court Theatre, and on the Board of Directors of Music of the Baroque in Chicago."


Source
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/about/bio_strickling.html


NTIA Resources

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/spectrumreform/

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/osmhome.html



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