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01/02/2013 | Senate Approves Second Term for FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn

In June 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Mignon Clyburn to serve a second term as FCC Commissioner. On January 1, 2013, the Senate confirmed her nomination, paving the way to Clyburn’s first full term as one of five FCC Commissioners.
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12/03/2009 | ARRL CEO, General Counsel Present ARRL's Stance on BPL to FCC Commissioners

ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, and General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, made the rounds of the five FCC Commissioners' offices during November to acquaint them with the ARRL's position on the regulation of interference from Broadband over
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09/10/2009 | FCC Chairman Announces Enforcement Bureau Chief

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced on September 9 that he has appointed P. Michele Ellison as Chief of the Enforcement Bureau. Ellison will take the helm of the Enforcement Bureau starting on September 28, 2009. "
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08/03/2009 | Meredith Attwell Baker, Mignon Clyburn Sworn in as FCC Commissioners: Now There Are Five

The Federal Communications Commission now has its full complement of five Commissioners: On Friday, July 31, Meredith Attwell Baker joined Chairman Julius Genachowski, Robert McDowell and Michael Copps. On Monday, August 3, Mignon Clyburn came on board.
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07/31/2009 | Baker, Clyburn Confirmed by Senate: FCC at Full Slate

On Friday, July 24, the Senate confirmed the nominations of Meredith Attwell Baker and Mignon Clyburn as FCC Commissioners. Both nominees appeared before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on July 15 to be vetted by the 25 member
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06/26/2009 | President Obama Nominates Meredith Attwell Baker and Mignon Clyburn to be FCC Commissioners

On the same day -- June 25 -- that the Senate confirmed the nominations of Julius Genachowski as FCC Chairman and current Commissioner Robert McDowell, President Barack Obama nominated Democrat Mignon Clyburn and Republican Meredith Attwell Baker to be FC
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