Subj : Gomez Nominated for Vacant FCC Seat, Two Commissioners Renominated
To   : QST
From : ARRL de WD1CKS
Date : Thu May 25 2023 06:47 pm

05/25/2023

President Joe Biden announced three nominees for the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) on May 22, 2023. The President will nominate Anna M. Gomez for
a vacant FCC seat. Two sitting Commissioners, Geoffrey Starks and Brendan Carr,
will be nominated for new terms at the same time.

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Gomez is an attorney with decades of experience in domestic and international
communications law and policy. Gomez currently serves as a Senior Advisor for
International Information and Communications Policy in the State Department's
Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, where she has been leading US
preparations for the monthlong WRC-23 conference that will commence on November
20 in Dubai. ARRL� The National Association for Amateur Radio[1]� has
represented the interests of US radio amateurs in preparation for the
conference, and ARRL Technical Relations Specialist Jon Siverling, WB3ERA, has
been appointed to the US delegation to WRC-23. ARRL also actively supports the
work of the International Amateur Radio Union[2] (IARU), which, as a member of
the ITU Radiocommunication Sector, participates in conference preparatory work
and whose representatives will also attend WRC-23 by invitation as observers in
an advisory capacity.

Earlier in her career, Gomez served for 12 years in various positions at the
FCC, including Deputy Chief of the International Bureau and Senior Legal
Advisor to then-Chairman William E. Kennard. From 2009 to 2013, she served as
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Deputy
Administrator. Gomez also briefly served as Counsel on the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, as well
as Deputy Chief of Staff of the National Economic Council during the Clinton
Administration. Prior to joining the State Department in 2023, Gomez was a
partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm Wiley LLP. Gomez also was Vice
President for Federal and State Government Affairs at Sprint Nextel and an
Associate at the Arnold & Porter law firm.

Senate hearings on all three nominees are expected to be held in June.


[1] https://www.arrl.org/
[2] https://www.iaru.org/spectrum/iaru-and-itu/wrc-23/

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