Obama selects acting FCC chair
President Barack Obama has named FCC Commissioner Michael Copps temporary head of the regulatory agency. Copps has been one of the five-member commission since 2001. Tech exec Julius Genachowski is the new president’s reported choice to head the FCC, but that appointment may take weeks or perhaps months.
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