31 Aug Kirk Burgee
Kirk Burgee is a Senior Counsel to the FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force. Kirk provides legal and policy support to the Task Force, focusing on fixed broadband availability reporting and stakeholder outreach, and intergovernmental coordination.
Kirk also serves as the Chief of Staff of the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau. In his work for the Bureau, Kirk is involved in matters related to broadband deployment, including broadband deployment funding, data mapping, and interagency coordination of broadband programs. Kirk is also a Deputy Director of the FCC’s Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, which is tasked with implementing FCC auctions to allocate universal service support for broadband deployment in unserved areas, including the Connect America Phase II Auction and the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I Auction. Prior to joining the FCC in 2005, Kirk practiced telecommunications law in the private sector in Washington, D.C.