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January 20, 2010 Jen Howard 202-418-0506
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FCC CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF 
CONSUMER TASK FORCE
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius 
Genachowski announced the launch of a Consumer Task Force to advance the Commission’s 
consumer agenda and promote collaboration across the agency. Joel Gurin, Chief of the 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, will head the cross-agency task force.
“The goal of protecting and empowering consumers is among the Commission’s most important 
responsibilities,” said Chairman Genachowski. “As communications networks and technologies 
become increasingly complex and essential to Americans’ everyday lives, the Commission must 
be a vigilant watchdog for the consumer. While we have one bureau with ‘consumer' in its name, 
consumers are vital to the work of each of our bureaus and offices. Cross-agency collaboration is 
critical to this effort and that’s why I am so pleased to launch the Consumer Task Force.”
The Consumer Task Force will play a critical role in ensuring that Commission proceedings take 
account of consumer interests, that consumer protection and empowerment policies apply 
consistently and reasonably across technologies and bureaus at the FCC, that the public is able to 
engage fully in FCC processes, and that the agency enhances the public’s understanding of 
Commission work through state-of-the-art consumer information programs, seizing the 
opportunities of information technology.   
The Task Force will include every Commission Bureau Chief, the Chief of the Office of 
Engineering and Technology, the General Counsel, and the Managing Director.
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