U.S. has whittled down list of names under consideration to head ...
U.S. has whittled down list of names under consideration to head delegation to World Radio Conference (WRC) starting June 3, 2003, in Caracas, Venezuela, position that typically carries title of ambassador. Source familiar with list of names under discussion…
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said they included former Defense Secy. James Schlesinger, who also is former Energy Secy. and now chmn. of Mitre, trustee of Center for Strategic & International Studies, DoD consultant. He had been tapped early in Bush Administration to head DoD spectrum assessment. Also said to be on list are: (1) Former NTIA Dir. Janice Obuchowski, now pres. of Freedom Technologies after having been exec. vp at NextWave. (2) Brian Fontes, Cingular Wireless vp-federal relations and chmn., WRC Advisory Committee. Fontes, former FCC legal adviser and senior vp at CTIA, headed U.S. WRC delegation in 1995. (3) NTIA Deputy Dir. Michael Gallagher. (4) Richard Beaird, U.S. coordinator for international communications and information policy at State Dept. Head of U.S. delegation to WRC was discussed at meeting last week of FCC Chmn. Powell, NTIA Dir. Nancy Victory and David Gross, U.S. deputy asst. secy. of state for international communications.