Lawrence Strickling
Lawrence Strickling is a technology policy expert. He is the current Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). He was sworn into office on June 25, 2009. As NTIA administrator, he is responsible in making sure that the agency's initiatives will result to the expansion of broadband internet access and the internet will continue as an effective vehicle for economic growth and innovation.[1]
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Education
- B.A. Economics- University of Maryland College Park (1969-1973)
- J.D. Law- Harvard Law School (1973–1976)
Career History
Strickling started his career as a Litigation Partner in 1976 at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. , a law firm based in Chicago until 1987. He became Vice President for Public Policy of Ameritech, one of the Regional Bell Operating Companies for more tan four years from February 1993 to September 1997. After serving Ameritech, he went on to work for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau from 1998 to 2000. He was responsible in promoting competition and consumer protection within the communications industry by implementing the rules set forth by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He also served as Associate General Counsel and Chief of the Commissions Competition Division before serving as Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau. In 2000, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for CoreExpress for more than one year. He joined the Allegiance Telecom as Senior Vice president in 2002 and left the company after 2 years and 1 month. On Septemeber 2004, Strickling was hired by Broadwing Communications as Chief Regulatory Officer. He left the company in 2007 and joined the Obama for America in May 2007 as Policy Coordinator. On March 26, 2009, President Barack Obama announced Strickling’s nomination as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information under the Department of Commerce. He assumed his position on June 25, 2009.[2] As Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information, Strickling supervised the Recovery Act Broadband Grants Program worth more than $4.7 billion.[3] He is currently managing the implementation and oversight of the program and ensures that the nationwide broadband project will be effective and installed on schedule and the Americans will benefit from it. He was also instructed by President Obama to supervise the NTIA's initiatives for domestic and global internt policy and administrative issues particularly the Internet Policy Task Force of the Department of Commerce. He also plays an important role as an advocate for the United States government's position abroad in connection with internet policies and to participate in the different activities of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to promote the stability and security of the Domain Name System (DNS)[4]
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