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COUNCILMEMBER HUCKABA APPOINTED TO FCC COMMITTEE
Committee to provide guidance, expertise on telecommunications issues

Lenexa, Kan. – The City of Lenexa congratulates Councilmember Andy Huckaba, who has been appointed to serve on the Federal Communications Commission’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC). 

The IAC, which comprises 15 elected and appointed officials from city, county, state and tribal governments, provides guidance, expertise and recommendations to the FCC on a wide range of telecommunication issues. Huckaba is one of four elected city officials selected to serve. Other city officials appointed to the IAC include Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor, New York, N.Y.; Gary Resnick, mayor, Wilton Manors, Fla.; and, Arlanda Williams, councilwoman, Terrebonne Parish, Houma, La.

During its upcoming two-year term, the IAC will focus efforts on implementing expanded broadband adoption and deployment, especially in unserved and underserved rural areas and Tribal lands, according to a public noticed released by the FCC. The IAC may also focus on other issues including improved public safety communications, facilities siting, universal service reform and public rights of way.

Huckaba, a three-term Lenexa councilmember, has devoted a great deal of time and energy to communications and technology. He serves as chair of the Information, Technology and Communications committee for the National League of Cities where he played an instrumental role in calling for the creation of a national broadband plan and continues to advocate for a world-class broadband infrastructure to improve the global competitiveness of the United States.

Huckaba also serves on the Mid-American Regional Council’s Public Safety Communications Board, and a number of non-profit boards in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Huckaba is president of Huckaba & Associates, a management consulting firm focused on strategy, marketing and technology. He serves on the faculty of the Kansas Leadership Center and as an instructor with the Kansas University Public Management Center.

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