Michael Powell

Michael Kevin Powell (born March 23, 1963) is an American Republican politician. He was appointed to the Federal Communications Commission by President Bill Clinton on 3 November 1997. President George W. Bush designated him chairman of the commission on 22 January 2001. Powell is the son of former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Description: Photograph of Michael Powell Source: http://www. ... Description: Photograph of Michael Powell Source: http://www. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The FCCs official seal. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former governor of Texas. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. ... General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret. ...

Early life and accident

He was born in Birmingham, Alabama and in 1985 graduated from the College of William and Mary on an ROTC Scholarship. Powell was an armored cavalry officer in the United States Army stationed in Amberg, Germany, but was unable to serve after sustaining severe injuries in 1987 during a training mission. He and his unit were traveling in a convoy on the autobahn. Powell was riding in a jeep at the time. Due to heavy rain, the jeep crashed and Powell was hurled skyward. After he hit the pavement, the jeep bounced and crashed down on Powell's midsection - flattening it, and bounced off. Flag Seal Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Alabama Jefferson County Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 151. ... This article is about the year. ... The College of William and Mary (also referred to as William and Mary, W&M or simply The College by those close to it) is a small public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. It is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. ... The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a training program of the United States armed forces present on college campuses to recruit and educate commissioned officers. ... A scholarship is an award of access to an institution or a financial aid award for an individual (a scholar) for the purposes of furthering their education. ... An armored cavalry regiment (ACR) is a regiment organized for the specific purposes of reconnaissance, surveillance, and security. ... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Map of Germany showing Amberg (currently incorrect) Amberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The German and Austrian autobahn sign The Swiss autobahn sign Autobahn ( ) (pronounced in IPA) is the German word for a major high-speed road restricted to motor vehicles and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries. ...

Half of Powell's pelvis had snapped off its rear anchor on the lower spine. In the front, it had ripped free of the cartilage connecting it to its other half. His bladder was torn and the urethra was ripped loose. Human male pelvis, viewed from front Human female pelvis, viewed from front The pelvis is the bony structure located at the base of the spine (properly known as the caudal end). ... The vertebral column seen from the side Different regions (curvatures) of the vertebral column The vertebral column (backbone or spine) is a column of vertebrae situated in the dorsal aspect of the abdomen. ... Cartilage is a type of dense connective tissue. ... In the anatomy of mammals, the urinary bladder is the organ that collects urine excreted by the kidneys prior to disposal by urination. ... Female anatomy In anatomy, the urethra is a tube which connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. ...

After initial attention from German emergency room doctors, Powell was flown to a U.S. Army hospital in Nuremberg. After being stabilized, he was flown to Washington, D.C. and admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he spent a year in recovery . To this day, his spine is still fused at its base, forcing him to walk with a slight forward pitch. Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ... Flag Seal Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ... Walter Reed Army Medical Center is the U.S. Armys premier medical center on the east coast of the United States. ...

After his rehabilitation he served as an expert advisor to the Secretary of Defense. Powell later received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals. He then worked for a year and a half as a private attorney in the Washington office of O'Melveny & Myers, an L.A.-based firm, as well as in the antitrust division of the Justice Department for a year. Seal of the United States Department of Defense The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense, concerned with the armed services and The Secretary is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate, and is a member of the Cabinet. ... The schools original sign, preserved on the north quad of the present-day campus. ... In the United States, a law clerk is a person who assists a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions. ... The United States Courts of Appeals (or circuit courts) are the mid-level appellate courts of the United States federal court system. ... British barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Antitrust is also the name of a movie, see Antitrust (film) Antitrust or competition laws are laws whose stated purpose is the promotion of economic and business competition by prohibiting anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices. ... Justice Department redirects here. ...

FCC Chairman

As the chairman of the FCC, Powell led from his long-stated libertarian philosophy of deregulation of communications. Powell saw excessive regulation as stifling to technology innovation, and led the charge to open up markets in VoIP, Wi-Fi, and Broadband over Powerline (BPL). His Chicago school (economics) approach believed that these new communications technologies would allow small companies to take on established corporations, and that regulations often stood in the way of progress. See also Libertarianism and Libertarian Party Libertarian,is a term for person who has made a conscious and principled commitment, evidenced by a statement or Pledge, to forswear violating others rights and usually living in voluntary communities: thus in law no longer subject to government supervision. ... IP Telephony, also called Internet telephony, is the technology that makes it possible to have a telephone conversation over the Internet or a dedicated Internet Protocol (IP) network instead of dedicated voice transmission lines. ... Wi-Fi (also WiFi, Wi-fi, Wifi, or wifi) is a brand originally licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe the underlying technology of wireless local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802. ... It has been suggested that Mains network be merged into this article or section. ... The Chicago School of Economics is a school of thought in economics; it refers to the style of economics practiced at and disseminated from the University of Chicago after 1946. ...

Chairman Powell began his tenure at the FCC with an unfortunate comment comparing the digital divide to a Mercedes divide. His libertarian deregulatory policy coincided with a period of significant consolidation in the communications market. He advocated an updating of media ownership rules to reflect new communications technologies such as the Internet, a move that critics derided as increasing rampant media consolidation. He opposed applying telephone-era regulations to new Internet technologies, a move critics charged would deny open access to communications facilities. He articulated a policy of network neutrality, and in March 2005 fined Madison River Communications for blocking voice over IP applications (order text, PDF), the first-ever government action of its kind. The digital divide is the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies and those without. ... The phrase Mercedes Divide is from a quote uttered by FCC Chairman Michael Powell (politician) at the initiation of his chairmanship. ... Media Ownership is a noun describing the phenomenon of the mass media being owned by a corporate or individual entity. ... Open access (OA) is the free online availability of digital content. ... Network neutrality is a consumer-based, flat-rate pricing system for network services. ...

His tenure will be most remembered for the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy in which Janet Jackson's bare nipple was exposed on live-broadcast television. This high-profile incident increased public attention toward the FCC's enforcement of indecency rules which had already stepped up following Bono's use of an expletive on live TV. Howard Stern and other lesser-known shock jocks felt the sting of record fines and both the U.S. House and Senate separately approved legislation significantly increasing the amount of money a station could be fined for indecency. Although the legislation was not ultimately enacted, the climate in Washington became so grey that several TV stations across the country declined to air Saving Private Ryan on Veterans Day for fear of FCC fines. The wardrobe malfunction. Super Bowl XXXVIII (which happened on February 1, 2004) was noted for a controversial halftime show produced by MTV and which aired live on the CBS television network. ... For other people named Janet Jackson, see Janet Jackson (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Howard Allen Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and TV personality, media mogul, humorist and author. ... Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 Academy Award winning film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. ... Image:Veterans day. ...

Some of Chairman Powell's initiatives have been challenged in federal court. Notably, the FCC's BrandX cable modem service proceeding, which declared cable modem should be free from telephone service regulations, was overturned in the Ninth Circuit case but is currently before the Supreme Court. The FCC's Broadcast Flag proceeding was overturned by the D.C. Circuit Court as an inappropriate exercise of FCC jurisdiction. The FCC's Media Ownership rules were likewise blocked by federal court and the television ownership cap set directly by the U.S. Congress. Cable modem for broadband Internet access A cable modem is a special type of modem that is designed to modulate a data signal over cable television infrastructure. ... The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be challenged. ... A broadcast flag is a set of status bits (or flags) sent in the data stream of a digital television program that indicates whether or not it can be recorded, or if there are any restrictions on recorded content. ...

During his Chairmanship he was invited to speak at the University of California, San Diego on January 26, 2004. The video is available on-line through the University of California, and is titled: FCC's Michael Powell: Charting the Future of the Telecom Industry. In the talk Powell speaks about the process of effecting change in Washington. He also speaks about Ultra-wideband and speculates on the effect it will have on telecommunications. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In a notable confrontation over the FCC's local telephone competition rules, Chairman Powell was outflanked by Republican Kevin Martin (FCC) who formed a majority with the FCC's two Democratic commissioners. Powell was later vindicated by a D.C. Circuit Court decision on March 2, 2004 that struck down Martin's order. Three months later, the U.S. Supreme Court let the D.C. Circuit decision stand. Kevin Martin served the George W. Bush campaign in Florida. When Powell resigned, Kevin Martin was named the FCC's new Chairman. Kevin Martin has subsequently purged the FCC of many of Powell's staff. Kevin J. Martin Kevin Jeffrey Martin (born December 14, 1966 in Charlotte, North Carolina) (but he grew up in Waxhaw, North Carolina). ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former governor of Texas. ... In history and political science, to purge is to remove undesirable people from a government, political party, profession, or from community/society as a whole, usually by violent means. ...

Later life

Powell resigned as Chairman of the FCC on January 21, 2005. He said that he was glad to spend more time with his wife. He is now a member of the Board of Visitors at his alma mater, the College of William and Mary. On April 21, 2006, Powell was elected the Rector of the Board of Visitors, making him the first African-American to serve in that post in the College's 313 year history. January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The College of William and Mary (also referred to as William and Mary, W&M or simply The College by those close to it) is a small public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. It is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For general discussion of dark-skinned people, see Black people. ...

Powell is married to Jane Knott Powell and they have two sons, Jeffrey and Bryan.

External links

• Biography from FCC
• Biography from Forbes magazine
• Interview with the Online Journalism Review
• Interview with reason magazine
• Powell's Statement On Leaving the Commission

Frequent battles with Howard Stern led howard to Sirius Satellite Radio. 2006 - Rumored to be a replacement for Paul Tagliabue as NFL Football comissioner