Biden administration mulling FTC appointments

Axios reports U.S. President Joe Biden is working toward finalizing appointees for technology-related positions, including vacancies within the Federal Trade Commission. Sources with knowledge of Biden's thinking said Georgetown Law School Center for Privacy and Technology Director Alvaro Bedoya and Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine are both under consideration for FTC posts. Additionally, sources said acting FTC Chair Rebecca Kelly Slaughter could take the role permanently.