eastern, maled governor o'malley speaking at the democratic convention in des moines. >> and we'd like to welcome back to "the communicators," lawrence strickling. mr. strikeling, if you'd start by telling us what it is you do and when -- where you are in the organizational start? >> sure, peter. and thank you for having me back. i think it's our third or fourth visit here and we always enjoy sitting down with you and your guests. ftia is the principal visor to the president on communication issues. we're not a regulatory agency but we do work on internet policy, broad band spectrum, and part blic safety is a big of our portfolio. we cover a variety of telecommunication topics. >> let's start with the internet do main. the i-can issue. something you're working on right now is who should control, who should-o the internet domain names and there seems to be some disagreement between congress and the administration on this >> well, it's a little different from the way you described it. the responsibility for overseeing the domain name system has been ican's responsibilities going back to

at 8:00 eastern, maryland eastern, maled governor o'malley speaking at the democratic convention in des moines. >> and we'd like to welcome back to "the communicators," lawrence strickling. mr. strikeling, if you'd start by telling us what it is you do and when -- where you are in the organizational start? >> sure, peter. and thank you for having me back. i think it's our third or fourth visit here and we always enjoy sitting down with you and your guests. ftia is the principal visor to the president on communication issues. we're not a regulatory agency but we do work on internet policy, broad band sru