FCC Appoints Inspector General

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin named Dr. Kent Nilsson as Acting Inspector General and Jon Stover as Acting Deputy Inspector General.



Dr. Kent Nilsson most recently served as Special Counsel and Deputy Chief of the FCC's Network Technology Division in the Office of Engineering and Technology. Before joining the Office of Engineering and Technology, Dr. Nilsson was Deputy Chief of the FCC's Network Services Division in the Common Carrier Bureau (subsequently renamed the Wireline Competition Bureau). While Deputy Chief, Dr. Nilsson also served as the Commission's Managing Counsel for the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act and managed the Common Carrier Bureau's Y2K initiatives for telephone companies.

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