The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the president's principal adviser on telecommunications policies pertaining to the United States' economic and technological advancement and to regulation of the telecommunications industry.
Center for Democracy &Technology (CDT) is a Washington,D.C.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organisation that advocates for digital rights and freedom of expression. CDT seeks to promote legislation that enables individuals to use the internet for purposes of well-intent,while at the same time reducing its potential for harm. It advocates for transparency,accountability,and limiting the collection of personal information.
TimothyShiou-Ming Wu is a Taiwanese-American legal scholar who served as Special Assistant to the President for Technology and Competition Policy at the United States from 2021 to 2023. He is also a professor of law at Columbia University and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. He is known legally and academically for significant contributions to antitrust and communications policy,coining the phrase "network neutrality" in his 2003 law journal article,Network Neutrality,Broadband Discrimination. In the late 2010s,Wu was a leading advocate for an antitrust lawsuit directed at the breakup of Facebook.
Gigi Beth Sohn is an American lawyer who is the co-founder of Public Knowledge. She previously worked for the Ford Foundation. In 2013,Tom Wheeler hired her into a senior staff position at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She left there shortly after Donald Trump's election in 2016. In July 2017,she held fellowship positions with Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law &Policy,Open Society Foundations,and Mozilla.
The Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security,or USC(IS),is a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Commerce and the principal advisor to the United States Secretary of Commerce on the export of sensitive goods and technologies. The Under Secretary is the head of the Bureau of Industry and Security within the Commerce Department.
The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications,Media,and Broadband is a subcommittee within the Senate Committee on Commerce,Science and Transportation. It was renamed from the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications,Technology,Innovation,and the Internet at the start of the 117th Congress. Prior to the 111th Congress,it was known as the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science,Technology,and Innovation.
Ari M. Schwartz is an American cybersecurity and technology policy expert. He is the former Special Assistant to the President and senior director for cybersecurity on the United States National Security Council Staff at the White House,having left the role in October 2015. Previously,Schwartz worked in both the Executive Branch and civil society as on cybersecurity,privacy,civil liberties,and policy. He is an advocate for vulnerability disclosure programs.
Lucy Haeran Koh is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Koh previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 2010 to 2021. She also served as a California state court judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court from 2008 to 2010. She is the first Korean American woman to serve on a federal appellate court in the United States.
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) of the United States was created under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (MCTRJCA). The purpose of FirstNet is to establish,operate,and maintain an interoperable public safety broadband network. To fulfill these objectives,Congress allotted $7 billion and 20 MHz of radio spectrum to build the network.
Robert McKinnon Califf is an American cardiologist who currently serves as the 25th Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
Nani A. Coloretti is an American policy advisor who is currently serving as the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Coloretti served as United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2017. Following her service as deputy secretary,she became senior vice president for financial and business strategy and treasurer at the Urban Institute.
Brendan Thomas Carr is an American lawyer who has served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) since 2017. Appointed to the position by Donald Trump,Carr previously served as the agency's general counsel and as an aide to FCC commissioner Ajit Pai. In private practice,Carr formerly worked as a telecommunications attorney at Wiley Rein.
Adewale O. "Wally" Adeyemo is an American attorney currently serving as the United States deputy secretary of the treasury. He was the first president of the Obama Foundation and served during the Obama administration as the deputy national security advisor for international economics from 2015 to 2016 and deputy director of the National Economic Council.
Joe Biden assumed office as president of the United States on January 20,2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
Jainey Kumar Bavishi is an American government official who has served since January 2023 as the assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere,as well as the deputy director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),in the Biden administration.
Donet Dominic Graves Jr. is an American political advisor and government official who is the current Deputy Secretary of Commerce in the Biden administration. Graves formerly led the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot and served in multiple roles within the Obama administration,including as an advisor to then-Vice President Joe Biden.
Carlos Alberto Monje Jr. is an American government official and senior advisor to Secretary Pete Buttigieg. He served as the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy within the Biden administration from July 2021 to April 2024.
Alan F. Estevez is an American government official who is currently serving as under secretary of commerce for industry and security in the Biden administration.
Radha Iyengar Plumb is an American government official currently serving as the chief digital and artificial intelligence officer in the U.S. Department of Defense. She previously served as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. She was confirmed for that position by the U.S. Senate on April 18,2023 and assumed office later that month.
