Senate confirms new NTIA chief

The Senate on Tuesday voted 60-31 to confirm Alan Davidson to lead the telecom unit of the Commerce Department, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Why it matters: Davidson, who previously started Google's policy shop in D.C. in 2005 and most recently was with Mozilla, will take over NTIA as it prepares to oversee $48 billion in funding for broadband deployment as part of the newly passed infrastructure law.