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FCC Names New Chief Economist

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that Babette Boliek has been appointed as the FCC’s Chief Economist.  Dr. Boliek earned her doctorate in economics from the University of California, Davis, and her law degree from Columbia University School of Law. Dr. Boliek currently serves as a professor of law and the associate dean of faculty research at Pepperdine University School where her research focuses on applied economic and legal analysis in the areas of Internet regulation, competition and antitrust, privacy, and the mobile telecommunications industry. Her teaching responsibilities have included antitrust law and policy, communications law, corporations, and contract law.  “Our work at the FCC often sits at the intersection between law and economics. It seems only fitting, then, that our new chief economist has deep experience in each of these fields,” said Chairman Pai. “Our current efforts to better integrate economic analysis factors into many aspects of the agency’s work, from closing the digital divide to merger review. Adding an extraordinarily talented, well-respected expert like Dr. Boliek to our team will help us continue to make well-informed decisions that reflect basic principles of economics as well as the rule of law. I’m grateful that Dr. Boliek has agreed to join our team.”

The FCC chief economist advises the Chairman, Commissioners, Bureaus, and Offices on economic issues and typically serves a one-year term.

Dr. Boliek currently serves as a professor of law and the associate dean of faculty research at Pepperdine University School of Law.

Oregon Workshop Notice in Net Neutrality Rulemakings

The PUC has issued a combined workshop notice for both of its current net neutrality rulemakings (AR 618 and 619).  The planned agenda for the workshop and the anticipated schedule going forward are below.

Workshop:

DATE: August 15, 2018

TIME: 9:30 AM-3:00 PM (or until finished)

LOCATION: Hearing Room, 1st Floor, 201 High Street, Salem, OR 97301

Planned Agenda

• Introductions
• Discussion Staff’s Draft Rules – To be distributed by email as early as possible prior to the workshop. An e-mail notice with the phone bridge information will be sent closer to the workshop date. (both the rules and the phone bridge information have not yet been released)

Inteserra Briefing Service subscribers see Briefings dated 6/14/18 and 6/25/18.

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