Davidson Likely to Take Over NTIA Thursday

NTIA Administrator-to-be Alan Davidson is likely to take office Thursday, a Biden administration official and communications sector lobbyists told us. Davidson tweeted Tuesday he's "grateful" the Senate confirmed him (see 2201110066). "Now on to the work of connecting America and building a better Internet," he said. Davidson will be the agency's first permanent head in more than two years. NTIA didn't comment Wednesday. House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle, D-Pa., hailed Davidson's confirmation. "I look forward to working with [Davidson] to implement" distribution of $48 billion from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act under NTIA control "to close the digital divide" and "to efficiently manage the federal government’s spectrum resources," Doyle tweeted. Also congratulating Davidson were Connected Nation, the Fiber Broadband Association, Internet Infrastructure Coalition, Lumen, Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council and Satellite Industry Association.