Harold Named Chief of Enforcement Bureau, Filling Out Leadership Roster
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai named Rosemary Harold chief of the Enforcement Bureau. Harold returns to the agency after a stint at Wilkinson Barker. She inherits what industry officials say could be a tough job, sorting through the role enforcement will…
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play under the Republican chairman. Pai and Commissioner Mike O’Rielly were critical of what they saw as an overly aggressive bureau under then-Chairman Tom Wheeler and then-Chief Travis LeBlanc (see 1701240064). The bureau’s priorities will include “protecting consumers against illegal robocalls and confronting unlawful interference with broadcast licensees,” Pai said in a Wednesday news release. Harold formerly was an aide to then-Commissioner Robert McDowell and deputy chief of the Media Bureau before leaving the FCC in 2011. Acting Chief Michael Carowitz will now be deputy chief, the FCC said. Pai now has largely rounded out the senior management team at the FCC.