US president Barack Obama has nominated Julius Genachowski as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Genachowski is a technology executive and entrepreneur with experience in both the private sector and public service. He is cofounder and managing director of LaunchBox Digital and Rock Creek Ventures, and a special advisor at General Atlantic. He was a senior executive for eight years at IAC/InterActiveCorp, where his positions included chief of business operations and general counsel. In government, Genachowski served at the FCC as chief counsel to chairman Reed Hundt, and earlier as special counsel to FCC general counsel (later chairman) William Kennard. He was a law clerk for US Supreme Court Justice David Souter and, before that, for Justice William Brennan, Jr. He also served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Abner Mikva of the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Pending approval by Congress, Genachowski will replace Michael Copps, who has served as acting chairman since the Obama administration took office in January.
