Groan. Sigh. The following comment reflects a personal view... Would have been nice if they could have tapped someone from a respected think tank like Pew or non-profit like the New America Foundation.
You'd think by now people would getting tired of bringing in big company board room honchos to run these sorts of things. The temptation and limited "big company" experience of these people just continues the culture of influence peddling and mutual aggrandizing among their well-heeled and boot-licking peers. After so many repeated stories of abuse and fraud, all I can think of when I see this sort of appointment of a major corporate figure is the image of cigar chomping, back-slapping, bonus-happy banker-type culture. Patrick Leary -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:15 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint "owns" the NTIA Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has "every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program," because of her history with Sprint. "She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process" for grant applications where appropriate, he said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
