Blair Levin
FameRank: 3

"Blair Steven Levin" is an American lawyer formerly with the Federal Communications Commission, who served as the Executive Director of the National Broadband Plan from 2009 to 2010. During the Presidency of Bill Clinton he was chief of staff to FCC chairman Reed Hundt from 1993 to 1997.

From 2001 through 2008, he worked as a policy analyst for Legg Mason and then Stifel Nicolaus. Barron’s Magazine noted that as an analyst, Levin “has always been on top of developing trends and policy shifts in media and telecommunications … and has proved visionary in getting out in front of many of today’s headline making events.”

In 2008, he co-chaired the technology, innovation and government reform transition team for President-elect Barack Obama and subsequently served as the Executive Director for the effort that produced the National Broadband Plan. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has noted that as to Levin’s role in broadband policy, “no one's done more to advance broadband expansion and competition through the vision of National Broadband Plan and Gig.U."

More Blair Levin on Wikipedia.

This is a serious bill.

198

It's hard to find someone with a more extensive resume than Dave Dorman in telecom.

196

The FCC approval means these are done deals, as the remaining states are not raising issues that call into question the closing of the deals.

166

While the testimony will likely garner headlines, we don't believe it will significantly increase the risk that the government will require cable operators to offer a la carte programming.

164

I don't know if the sound you hear is the sound of eBay's stock going down.

132

If a service connects to the (public telephone network), it will get dragged into the regulation of a (traditional phone) service.

125

That has to be a concern for the Bells, though we suspect Mr. McDowell would come under pressure to demonstrate some degree of even-handedness as a commissioner.

123

The sound you hear is the sound of eBay stock going down.

114

The company is bleeding into so many new sectors and businesses that there are any number of government policies the company should be involved in.

112