Change is in the air.

Today, the FCC approved the use of white space spectrum for the delivery of broadband.

Up next: what can the government do to turn this good idea into a terrible decision? History makes errors likely (see How They Got $480 Billion in Spectrum Giveaways).

Also on the change agenda:

Who Will Be Obama's CTO? At least one observer thinks Google's Eric Schmidt could be tapped.

I'm hoping for Vint Cerf. See Cerf Says Symmetry is Beautiful. (Schneier or Lessig would be good too. Among politicians, Boucher is sharp and Markey may not be available.)

Tech's Eyes Turn Now to Obama, Dems The new administration promises change, but how will that play with the IT and Internet industry's agenda?

It's all about the economy, and nobody can fix that overnight.