This week brought the news that the Biden administration has nominated Anna Gomez for the open Democratic FCC seat that Gigi Sohn was to fill until she asked that her nomination be withdrawn in March, after a prolonged debate over her confirmation. Gomez is experienced in government circles, having worked at NTIA (a Department of Commerce agency dealing with federal spectrum use and other communications matters) and recently at the State Department preparing for international meetings about communications issues. She also has a history in private law firm practice. Together with her nomination, the President renominated Commissioners Starks and Carr. Starks’s term has already expired but he continues to serve under the allowable one year carry-over. Carr’s term will expire at the end of this year. If all three nominees are confirmed at some point this year, the FCC…
