Transitioning
November 15, 2008 – 9:48 amI’m honored to be named as co-leader of the FCC review team for the Obama-Biden Transition Project, along with the wonderful and brilliant Susan Crawford. (Yes, “Ken Werbach” is me — I’m working on getting the typo fixed on the website.)
The FCC has a vital role to play in the nascent Network Age. During the campaign, Barack Obama and his advisors demonstrated an understanding of the transformative power of today’s communications technologies. I’m excited to help carry over that understanding in the Transition to his Administration.
Bear with me — I won’t be able to respond to emails, tweets, and phone calls as quickly or reliably as I’d like. We have a tremendous amount of work to do, and not much time to do it. But I’m fired up, and ready to go.
28 Responses to “Transitioning”
Great news, Kevin. My congratulations to you and to Susan. Exciting times.
By JP on Nov 15, 2008
Congratulations, Kevin! That’s fantastic!
By Chris Lehmann on Nov 15, 2008
Congratulations! Great to see the Obama-Biden team makes picks based on competence instead of shareholdership of Halliburton and the likes.
As JP says, these are exciting times.
By Lode on Nov 16, 2008
Cool. I’ve used some of your code and read your Web site a lot in the past.
By Roy Schestowitz on Nov 16, 2008
Kevin:
I hope that, in your role on the transition team, you will help to temper some of the radical, impractical, and counterproductive lobbyists who are lobbying for what they call “network neutrality” but what is in fact dangerously restrictive regulation of the Internet and Internet service providers. As a small, rural, independent Internet provider, I’ve reviewed the proposed legislation and regulations, and they would drive small, independent and rural providers such as us right out of business. With independent ISPs unable to survive, we’d be left with a rapacious duopoly. (For more on this vital issue, see my testimony before the FCC at the link above.) Please inject some good sense into the process and prevent the appointment of lobbyists and extremists to the FCC.
–Brett Glass
By Brett Glass on Nov 17, 2008
This is awesome news, Kevin. I’m sure you and Susan will do a great job. Love to help any way I can, even if it’s just cheering along. (Which I’ll do anyway.) Rock on.
By Doc Searls on Nov 18, 2008
Happy for you, Kevin, and proud of the President-elect for tapping great webheads as well. Though I doubt you’ll need it, let me know if you need anything.
By Aaron Brazell on Nov 19, 2008
All I can say is that I’m elated to see a gamer in this role. GRATS, SUPERNOVAN!
By Marianne Blair on Nov 20, 2008
Woot! A Tauren Shaman is gonna run the FCC!
Thrown down some totems and make sure to bring an Ankh with you in case things get crazy!
Gratz!
By Netherscourge on Nov 20, 2008
What a great honor and an inspired choice by Obama. Incredibly cool.
By Rafe on Nov 20, 2008
Grats on the appoint!
Been hearing you play WoW so who better to understand the issues of online gamers than another online gamer!
My tip my Mirrens Drinking Hat to you Sir!
And congratulations once again!
By CM Hussein on Nov 20, 2008
FIRED UP!!!! READY TO GO!!!!
Congrats, we out here on “the internets” are thrilled to see this happen!
By Miko Matsumura on Nov 20, 2008
You are a lucky man. I wish you the very best.
By Doug Erkkila on Nov 20, 2008
I’ll betcha this is the first transition in history where the FCC people were netheads. This is change you can believe in.
By Richard Bennett on Nov 20, 2008
Incidentally, this would be a good time to make a copy of “The Centripetal Network” available to interested readers.
By Richard Bennett on Nov 21, 2008
good. I hope you remove all the bullshit censoring seen on the internet. When Obama says CHANGE I hope you mean CHANGE and liberation of the internet from corporate, moralist AND government forces.
By Warsie on Nov 21, 2008
If you can manage Gruul’s Lair and Karazhan and get almost 9000 honorable PvP kills you must have some abilities Americans can believe in.
By Rob Anders on Nov 25, 2008
Congratulations on the transition team role and on the excellent Armory stats.
By David on Nov 26, 2008
Great news on the appointment, awesome to have a Wow player on the transition team! I have a resto shammy on Alliance but I do have a 70 Horde mage and 64 DK. Good luck!
By Lafifi on Nov 27, 2008
Hi Kevin,
Congratulations on being picked for the transition team! It is great to have a fellow Horde there.
I realize you’re very busy, but if you have a moment… do you have any comments on Deborah Tate’s comments regarding WoW being a major cause of college dropouts?
Reference: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-287221A1.pdf
Thanks!
Grant
By Grant on Dec 13, 2008
Only level 72! (I armoried you). Good to see you are a fellow Jenkins, but come on. I have three level 80s. Just because you are a real world hotshot doesn’t mean you should abandon your tauren.
By Lee on Jan 26, 2009