WASHINGTON-Wireless attorney John Kneuer has been appointed deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Kneuer joined the agency last October as counselor to then-acting NTIA head Michael Gallagher. President Bush recently gave Gallagher a recess appointment, allowing him to serve through November 2005.
“From the day he joined NTIA, John has been my right hand,” said Gallagher. “He’s had a significant impact in helping NTIA advance the Bush administration’s telecommunications and technology agenda. John had a central role in the formulation of our Spectrum Policy for the 21st Century, when he proved that he is a team player with outstanding management ability.”
Kneuer was executive director for government relations at the Industrial Telecommunications Association from 1997 to 1998. From 1996 to 1997, Kneuer was attorney-advisor in the commercial wireless division of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
