Hundt was also a classmate of Vice President Albert Gore when both attended St. Albans prep school in Washington. Also to be nominated to fill another vacant seat on the Commission is Regina M. Keeney. At age thirty-seven, Keeney is the Republican counsel to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. She is expected to fill the seat left vacant by Republican Sherrie Marshall. The normally five member Commission has been two members shy since Chairman Alfred Sikes and Commissioner Marshall resigned earlier this year.
Federal law mandates that no more than three commissioners can be from the same political party.
The five commissioners have a staggered term of five years. Collectively they supervise a staff of seventeen hundred attorneys, engineers and communications experts. At airtime, Hundt and Keeney's position on matters involving hobby radio spectrum users is unknown. As of Thursday, July the 1st all Novice examining must be administered under the volunteer examiner coordinator system. If you have any questions regarding Novice examining, please contact the American Radio Relay League in Newington Connecticut or any VEC serving your area.