It's time to get to work for the FCC Chairman Genachowski | Blogs | ITBusinessEdge.com

It’s important to consider this Washington Post interview with Julius Genachowski in the context of the difference between his laying out idealistic goals at the inception of his chairmanship on one side and actually doing the "herding cats" job of governing on the other.

In the interview, Genachowski points to his desire to encourage small entrepreneurs. That's laudable. But he deals only with generalities, and addresses no specific issue. There is no doubt that the real world will intrude sooner rather than later. The story points out tangible and difficult issues with which Genachowski’s FCC will have to deal. They include network unbundling, frequency licensing and the right of vendors and cellular carriers to enter exclusive contracts with device makers...