Tech Chiefs in Running for Key Post

Decisions about appointing a Chief Technology Officer or an Federal Communications Commission chairman aren't expected for several weeks. Who could serve in the Obama Administration as CTO? 1) Don Gips, chief strategy officer at Level 3 Communications, who was once an adviser to former Vice President Al Gore. 2) Julius Genachowski, a venture capitalist based in Washington (DC), who oversaw creation of the voluminous tech plan then-Sen Obama released during the campaign. 3) Charles E. Phillips Jr., president of Oracle and a former technology specialist in Morgan Stanley's equity-research group.

Who could be tapped for the FCC? A) Blair Levin, a telecom analyst at research firm Stifel Nicholas who was the FCC chief of staff during the Clinton administration. 2) Scott Blake Harris, a partner at communications law firm Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis.