
FCC/OET Personnel Change
In March I helped FCC publicize their recruitment of people to fill two key OET jobs, Chief, Electromagnetic Compatibility Div., and Chief, Technical Analysis Branch. I had not heard anything about these jobs being filled until today when I got a routine message from Bob Weller with the following signature block:

Careful readers may recall that I announced Bob's return to FCC last October. Bob Weller worked at FCC from 1984 to 1993 in a number of positions in the former Field Operations Bureau, now Enforcement Bureau. We had worked together on the "Playboy satellite jamming" case, US v. Haney, in the late 1980's where we successfully convicted the perpetrator of jamming Playboy's satellite uplink based on really good but esoteric technical evidence. It was a great moment for FCC enforcement, but since it predates the current EB, there is little interest or memory of what happened. (Oddly, I have twice been invited to be luncheon speaker at distant IEEE conferences to talk about this amusing intersection of technology and CSI-like investigation.) Bob finished his first FCC service as head of the FCC's Denver office. From 1993 to 2007 he was an Associate in the California engineering firm of Hammett & Edison, Inc.
So I welcome Bob to this key OET position and look forward to welcoming the other person when that position is announced.
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