by Jennifer L. Richter, Tom Davidson, Christian Davis, Kevin Wolf, Karen L. Milne, Lyndsey Grunewald, Shea Boyd and Katherine P. Padgett
On April 4, the White House released an Executive Order establishing the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector (the "Committee") to assess foreign ownership and national security issues in the telecommunications sector. The Committee will be led by the Attorney General and comprised of the Secretaries of the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security and other executive agency heads, or assistants to the President, as determined by the President. Advisors to the Committee include the heads of several Executive Branch agencies.