Karen Peltz Strauss Named Deputy Chief of Consumer Bureau

Consultant charged with overseeing disability issues

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/12/2010 3:06:27 PM

Karen Peltz Strauss, independent consultant and co-founder of the Coalition of Organizations For Access Technology, has been named deputy chief of the Consumer Bureau.

She will be charged with overseeing disability issues, including implementing the broadband plan's proposals on access.

 "The FCC has a vital role to play in empowering and protecting all consumers and ensuring they have access to world-class communications networks and technologies" said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. "I look forward to drawing on Karen's extensive experience with telecommunications access issues to realize those goals."