The FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration have tapped Washington communications lawyer Phil Verveer. (as chairman of Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee) (includes news about cable rates)(Brief Article)(Column)

Broadcasting & Cable, August, 1995 by McConnell, Chris

The FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration have tapped Washington communications lawyer Phil Verveer to chair the newly formed Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee. The committee will advise the FCC and NTIA on the operational and spectrum requirements of law-enforcement agencies, fire departments, ambulances and rescue services at all levels of government. NTIA, a division of the Commerce Department, parcels out spectrum for federal agencies; the FCC, for state and local agencies. Like most other spectrum users, public safety users have been making demands for more of it.

Verveer served in the FCC's Cable, Broadcast and Common Carrier bureaus during the Carter administration. Now with the firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher,...

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