David Robbins Named FCC Managing Director

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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has named former consumer
protection official David Robbins as managing director of the commission,
effective Sept. 12.

Genachowski has made a point of emphasizing the FCC's
consumer protection function.

Robbins succeeds Steve VanRoekel, who exited earlier
this year for USAID and is now CIO of the U.S.

Robbins had been the associate administrator for the
office of management and administration at the Small Business Administration.
Before that, he was a senior program manager in the consumer protection bureau
at the Federal Trade Commission.

"David's leadership and management experience will
be invaluable as we continue our efforts to do our work on behalf of the public
more efficiently and effectively," said Genachowski in a statement.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.