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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>FYI. Jon</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>On The Hill: </span></font></b> In
one of its final orders of business for the 109th Congress, the Senate early
Saturday confirmed <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">John Kneuer</font></b></strong>
to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a
division of the Commerce Department. NTIA advises the White House on
telecommunications policy and manages federal use of spectrum, and it will oversee
the voucher program that will help Americans obtain analog converter boxes
during the transition to digital television. Kneuer, who joined NTIA in 2003,
has been the agency's acting chief since being nominated by President <strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Bush</font></b></strong> on May 1. He replaces <strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Michael Gallagher</font></b></strong>, who joined the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place> law firm of
Perkins Coie. Kneuer previously worked as a senior associate at the Piper
Rudnick law firm, as executive director for government relations at the
Industrial Telecommunications Association, and as an attorney-adviser in the
commercial wireless division of the FCC's Wireless Bureau. <o:p></o:p></p>
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