The Broadband Data Task Force was established to implement long-overdue improvements to the agency’s broadband data and mapping tools. The Task Force will closely coordinate the Commission’s broadband mapping and data collection efforts across the various expert agency teams. Each of these teams is essential to the effort of ensuring the Commission, other Federal agencies, state and local governments, Tribal entities, and consumers will have access to granular nationwide information on the availability and quality of broadband services.
You can contact the Task Force via email at: BroadbandDataInquiries@fcc.gov.
For press and media inquiries, contact mediarelations@fcc.gov.
- Chair
Jean Kiddoo - Deputy Chair - Policy and Outreach
Eduard Bartholme - Deputy Chair - Legal and Operations
Jon McCormack - Counsel
Will Holloway - Legal Advisor
Jamile Kadre - Tribal Liaison
Ken Akini
Jean Kiddoo, Chair
Jean Kiddoo is the Chair of the Broadband Data Task Force at the Federal Communications Commission. Her primary responsibility is to oversee all aspects of the Commission’s implementation of the Broadband DATA Act, which will require close coordination of Commission expertise and resources throughout virtually all of the Commission’s Bureaus and Offices.
The Broadband Data Collection project will develop and implement the data collections, systems, and processes to give the Commission – as well as industry, state, local and Tribal entities, and consumers – the tools to accurately and precisely determine fixed and mobile broadband service availability and quality throughout the United States.
Jean also continues to serve as Chair of the Incentive Auction Task Force, where she oversees the transition efforts and reimbursement of broadcast TV and FM stations and MVPDs following the Broadcast Incentive Auction. Prior to joining the FCC in 2014, Jean was a senior partner in the Telecommunications, Media, and Technology practice group at a private law firm, where her areas of practice included a wide variety of wireline, wireless, and mass media communications law and policy issues. Jean represented her clients before all 51 state public utility commissions, the FCC, Congress, and local municipal and county governments.
Jean is a past president of the Federal Communications Bar Association and received her law degree from the Catholic University of America and her undergraduate degree from Colgate University.
Eduard Bartholme, Deputy Chair - Policy and Outreach
Eduard Bartholme serves as the Deputy Chair for Policy and Outreach on the Broadband Data Task Force. In this role he supports program policy development and implementation and coordinates external engagement with consumers, governmental entities and filers.
Ed joins the Task Force from the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, where he currently serves as the Acting Bureau Chief. He joined the FCC in 2019 to lead the Commission’s education and outreach efforts along with the consumer complaints and inquiries division.
Prior to joining the FCC, Ed spent 10 years as the Executive Director and CEO of Call For Action, Inc. (CFA), an international, non-profit network of hotlines serving consumers and small businesses. At CFA, he was involved in the expansion of the organization to eleven new locations and worked to broaden its network of media affiliate offices to include radio, TV and print outlets. He developed consumer education guides on a wide variety of issues and was frequently interviewed as an expert by local and national media outlets. Additionally, he oversaw volunteer teams at 23 remote offices and spearheaded the redesign of the case management database used by the organization to track consumer complaints.
Jon McCormack, Deputy Chair - Legal and Operations
Jonathan McCormack is the Deputy Chair - Legal and Operations of the Broadband Data Task Force. He provides legal oversight and manages day-to-day operations of the Broadband Data Collection systems and ensures that they fulfill the goals and requirements established by the Broadband DATA Act and the Commission.
Jon joins the Task Force from the Office of Economics and Analytics, where he currently serves as Deputy Chief of the Data Division. Since joining the Commission in 2013, Jon has worked on various spectrum and universal service auctions, including the first-of-its-kind Broadcast Incentive Auction; led technical rulemakings and projects to collect and analyze mobile broadband coverage and speed test data; and, since 2021, has overseen all aspects of the development and technical implementation of the Broadband Data Collection and Broadband Funding Map systems.
Prior to his current position, Jon served as the Deputy Director of the Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, as an attorney on the Incentive Auction Task Force, and as an attorney advisor for the Auctions Division both in the Office of Economics and Analytics and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. He received the 2018 FCC Employee of the Year award for his contributions in designing, overseeing, and launching facets of the Mobility Fund Phase II challenge process, and was a core member of the FCC team that received a Technology & Engineering Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the design of the Broadband Incentive Auction.
Prior to joining the FCC, Jon worked for a number of years as a cloud architect and infrastructure engineer, consulting for clients in the biotech, IT, and nonprofit industries around Boston, MA, before switching careers to focus on law. Jon earned his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Federal Communications Law Journal, and earned a B.A. in East Asian Studies and International & Global Studies from Brandeis University.
Will Holloway, Counsel
Will Holloway serves as Counsel to the Broadband Data Task Force at the Federal Communications Commission, where he provides legal and policy support on matters related to the implementation of the Broadband DATA Act and the Commission’s Broadband Data Collection.
Will joins the Task Force from the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, where he currently serves as an Attorney Advisor in the Competition and Infrastructure Policy Division. He joined the Commission through the Honors Attorney program after serving as a legal intern in Office of Chairman Ajit Pai during law school. Prior to the Commission, Will worked on Capitol Hill, where he advised two U.S. Senators on a variety of public policy issues.
Will earned his J.D. and a certificate in Communications Law and Data Privacy from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
Ken Akini, Tribal Liaison
Ken Akini serves as the Tribal Liaison for the Broadband Data Task Force, coordinating outreach and communication with federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Villages, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL). In this role, Ken provides technical assistance to Tribes and DHHL with Broadband Data Collection needs on a government-to-government basis.
Ken joins the Task Force from the Wireline Competition Bureau, where he is an Attorney Advisor in the Telecommunications Access and Policy Division. He joined the FCC in November of 2023 as an Attorney Advisor with the Office of Native Affairs and Policy.
Prior to joining the FCC, Ken worked for Tribal Nations and Tribal businesses across the United States. Ken was a Chief Tribal Judge, during which time he reformed court operations, reduced recidivism, and worked with other stakeholders in successfully reforming juvenile justice legislation in Michigan. As a General Counsel, Ken worked with Tribal leaders on economic development, legislation and administration, and government-to-government relations to benefit the members of the native communities he represented.
Ken received his J.D. and a certificate of Indigenous Law and Policy at the Michigan State University College of Law. Ken received a B.A. in Professional Communication from Siena Heights University in Adrian, MI.