Business > Powell Is Stepping Down as Chairman of F.C.C.” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/21/business/21cnd-powell.html?ex=1264050000&en=704d891842c25da8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland”>Powell Is Stepping Down as Chairman of F.C.C.

This just in from the NY Times: Michael Powell is stepping down as FCC Chair in March.

The list of replacements includes: another Republican member of the commission, Kevin Martin; Becky Klein, a former head of the public utility commission in Texas; Patrick Wood III, the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Michael Gallagher, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the Commerce Department.

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