Genachowski Makes Key Staff Changes

Zachary Katz will become chief of staff, succeeding the departing Eddie Lazarus next month.

FCC Chairman Has Big Legal Job To Fill

After the FCC announced Tuesday that Rick Kaplan will assume the position of chief in the Wireless Bureau, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski must decide who will succeed Kaplan as his top lawyer. Speculation is already heating up about who could be the new chief counsel in the chairman’s office. Here are some top contenders.

Genachowski Names Spectrum Chief

Amy Levine, the former policy adviser to Rep. Rick Boucher, is tapped to by special counsel to the FCC chairman, specializing in public safety and spectrum matters.