WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has started his own Web log, or blog, to reach out to the high-tech community and bypass the scores of Washington lobbyists who typically skulk around his office.
Powell, who wants to avoid regulating new technologies like Web-based telephone service for fear of stifling innovation, said he started the blog to encourage the high-tech industry to get involved because its past practice of flying under the radar to avoid regulations would no longer work.
"Regulated interests have about an 80-year head start on the entrepreneurial tech community when it comes to informing regulators what they want and need, but if anyone can make up for that, Silicon Valley can," he said in his first blog comments posted Thursday morning.
"I am looking forward to an open, transparent and meritocracy-based communication -- attributes that bloggers are famous for!" Powell said, adding he wanted to get out of "the Beltway Washington world where lobbyists filter the techies."
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HC1DPHQMQKQ32CRBAEZSFEY?type=technologyNews&storyID=5633324There's a comment about Howard Stern later in the article that you might want to check out.
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