While the Biden administration has been slow to appoint the key decisionmakers at agencies overseeing technology issues, a handful of people are on the inside track to lead them. By and large, these likely appointees do not have direct ties to Big Tech companies and have advocated for tougher measures against the industry. Many also previously served in the Obama administration and fall in the progressive camp.
Howard Symons will succeed Jon Sallet as general counsel at the FCC. Sallet is leaving the commission to join the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division as deputy assistant attorney general for litigation.
