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Felten Named FTC Chief Technologist
Yesterday the FTC announced that Dr. Edward Felten, Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton, had accepted a position as the first Chief Technologist at the FTC starting in January 2011. In my opinion, this is fantastic news, and it’s received extremely positive coverage in the media. Here’s a bit from Ars Technica:
Princeton computer science professor Ed Felten today was tapped for a one-year stint at the FTC in a decision so shockingly sane that it’s still a bit hard to believe. Felten has a terrific reputation as both a researcher and advocate, someone with deep technical knowledge, a pro-consumer/pro-openness/pro-tinkering bias, and an aversion to posturing and zealotry.
Congratulations to the FTC and to Dr. Felten!