[IP] TATE, COPPS NOMINATED FOR THE FCC
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 10, 2005 10:36:04 AM EST
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] TATE, COPPS NOMINATED FOR THE FCC
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[Note: Here's a pretty complete rundown on the action on
Commissioner appointments at the FCC. DLH]
TATE, COPPS NOMINATED FOR THE FCC
[SOURCE: White House press release]
On Wednesday, President Bush announced his intention to nominate
Deborah Taylor Tate and Michael Joseph Copps to serve as
commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission. Ms. Tate
currently serves as Director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority,
during which time she also served for a one-year term as Chairman. In
2003, she was appointed to the Federal Communications Commission's
Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications
Services. Prior to this, she served as Director of the State and
Local Policy Center at Vanderbilt University. Earlier in her career,
Ms. Tate served as an Assistant to Governor Don Sundquist and
Assistant Legal Counsel to Governor Lamar Alexander. Ms. Tate
received her bachelor's degree and JD from the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville. (See full bio for Ms Tate at http://
www.benton.org/index.php?q=node/646) Mr. Copps has been a FCC
Commissioner since 2001. Prior to this, he served as Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development at the Department of
Commerce, where he was previously Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Basic Industries. Earlier in his career, Mr. Copps
served for over 12 years as Chief of Staff for Senator Ernest
Hollings. He also served as Director of Government Affairs at Collins
and Aikman. Mr. Copps received his bachelor's degree from Wofford
College and his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. If confirmed, Ms Tate's term will expire June 30, 2007 and
Commissioner Copps' term will expire June 30, 2010.
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051109-6.html>
* FCC Chairman Martin Applauds the Announcement:
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-262162A1.doc>
* Commissioner Copps accepts the nomination:
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-262163A1.doc>
* Tate, Copps Nominated To FCC
<http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6282805?display=Breaking
+News&referral=SUPP>
* Bush Nominates Two FCC Commissioners
Telecom analysts and lawyers said they expected Tate to broadly
support Martin's positions and the general deregulatory trend favored
by the Republicans. As a former state regulator, they suggested she
might be quicker to defend the prerogatives of states in battles over
jurisdiction with Washington. In an FCC filing last year, Tate wrote
that she wanted "the states and the FCC to reevaluate our overall
regulatory program so that consumer welfare is the centerpiece of
regulation rather than restraining the market power of increasingly
hypothetical monopolists."
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/
AR2005110900995.html>
* Bush Nominates Tate, Copps to FCC
<http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6282759.html?display=Breaking
+News>
* Bush Names Tennessee Regulator To FCC
<http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb-
FITF1131573162443.html>
* Sen. Stevens says seeking new candidate for FCC
Why didn't President Bush announce a third nomination Wednesday? In
July, sources familiar with the selection process had said the Bush
administration was planning to nominate White House technology
adviser Richard Russell and Tennessee state regulator Deborah Taylor
Tate to the FCC. Mr. Russell was not part of the package on Wednesday
and it may be because Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens
(R-Alaska) said on Tuesday he is seeking another candidate for the
Bush administration to consider for the second Republican vacancy on
the FCC. Sen Stevens had previously pushed for his deputy staff
director Christine Kurth, but she withdrew because of potential
conflicts of interest. He had first recommended his former aide Earl
Comstock for the job, but Comstock withdrew after concerns about a
household employee’s visa emerged.
<http://www.freepress.net/news/12280>
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