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   ARLX004 Gomez Nominated for Vacant FCC Seat, Two Commissioners   
   Renominated   
      
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   Special Bulletin 4  ARLX004   
   From ARRL Headquarters    
   Newington CT  May 26, 2023   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB SPCL ARL ARLX004   
   ARLX004 Gomez Nominated for Vacant FCC Seat, Two Commissioners   
   Renominated   
      
   President Joe Biden announced three nominees for the Federal   
   Communications Commission (FCC) on May 22, 2023. The President will   
   nominate Anna M. Gomez for a vacant FCC seat. Two sitting   
   Commissioners, Geoffrey Starks and Brendan Carr, will be nominated   
   for new terms at the same time.   
      
   Gomez is an attorney with decades of experience in domestic and   
   international communications law and policy. Gomez currently serves   
   as a Senior Advisor for International Information and Communications   
   Policy in the State Department's Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital   
   Policy, where she has been leading US preparations for the monthlong   
   WRC-23 conference that will commence on November 20 in Dubai. ARRL   
   The National Association for Amateur Radio has represented the   
   interests of US radio amateurs in preparation for the conference,   
   and ARRL Technical Relations Specialist Jon Siverling, WB3ERA, has   
   been appointed to the US delegation to WRC-23. ARRL also actively   
   supports the work of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU),   
   which, as a member of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector,   
   participates in conference preparatory work and whose   
   representatives will also attend WRC-23 by invitation as observers   
   in an advisory capacity.   
      
   Earlier in her career, Gomez served for 12 years in various   
   positions at the FCC, including Deputy Chief of the International   
   Bureau and Senior Legal Advisor to then-Chairman William E. Kennard.   
   From 2009 to 2013, she served as the National Telecommunications and   
   Information Administration Deputy Administrator. Gomez also briefly   
   served as Counsel on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and   
   Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, as well as Deputy   
   Chief of Staff of the National Economic Council during the Clinton   
   Administration. Prior to joining the State Department in 2023, Gomez   
   was a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm Wiley LLP. Gomez also   
   was Vice President for Federal and State Government Affairs at   
   Sprint Nextel and an Associate at the Arnold (AND) Porter law firm.   
      
   Senate hearings on all three nominees are expected to be held in   
   June.   
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