Former FCC commissioner Nathan Simington has joined the Hudson Institute’s Center for the Economics of the Internet as a visiting fellow. This news comes one month after Simington announced his imminent departure from the Federal Communications Commission.
Simington, a Republican, was nominated to serve as an FCC commissioner during President Trump’s first term. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December of 2020.
At the beginning of June, Simington announced that he would leave the FCC along with former Democratic commissioner Geoffrey Starks.
News of Simington’s departure from the commission was something of surprise, given that he recently brought on a new chief of staff and had been taking a higher profile in public policy statements, though some FCC watchers had speculated earlier about him leaving. Starks, on the other hand, had announced earlier that he would leave this spring.
The Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., looks to “guide policymakers and global leaders in government and business through a robust program of publications, conferences, policy briefings and recommendations,” according to its website.
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