Ajit Pai will again be a no-show at CES thanks to the partial government shut down.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will not be attending the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas for the second year in a row.
Pai was scheduled to be interviewed by CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, Gary Shapiro at the annual show next week. But a spokeswoman for Pai confirmed Thursday that the chairman will not make it to Las Vegas due to the partial government shutdown.
„The chairman will be unable to attend CES due to the partial funding lapse and the FCC suspending most operations starting today,“ she said in a statement emailed to CNET.
The FCC said Wednesday that without funding it would cease most activities as of midday Jan. 3, „other than those immediately necessary for the protection of life or property, performing other excepted activities, or those funded through a source other than lapsed appropriations.
