Former FCC Chair on Building Back Better Under Biden Tom Wheeler, the FCC chairman under President Obama, details the new challenges facing the agency he led between 2013 and 2017. They include cybersecurity and connecting rural America, among others. by Tom Wheeler, The Brookings Institution / April 15, 2021 Shutterstock One of the most sweeping agencies of the federal government is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC): Its regulatory authority over the nation’s networks covers approximately one-sixth of the domestic economy. Of even greater relevance, however, is how the remainder of the economy relies on those networks and are thus affected by the policies of the FCC. The Brookings series “Build Back Better with Biden FCC” includes six installments to review issues that confront the agency today. Here is a review of the topics with links to each report: