Archive profile summary
Federal Communications Commission official who authored Project 2025's FCC chapter and was designated FCC chairman in January 2025, creating a documented author-to-agency-leadership personnel overlap.
Why this entry is in the archive
A direct personnel bridge between a Project 2025 policy chapter and later leadership of the agency addressed by that chapter.
FCC career
Carr served as an FCC commissioner before President Trump designated him chairman in January 2025.
Project 2025
Carr authored the Mandate for Leadership chapter devoted to the FCC and communications policy.
That makes later FCC actions appropriate for comparison with the published chapter, but each claimed implementation link must be tested independently.
Evidence limits
Authorship of a policy chapter does not prove that every later FCC action originated in Project 2025.
The strongest claim established by the record is personnel and subject-matter overlap.
Timeline
- Project-linked personnel enter senior government roles
Russ Vought returns as OMB director and Brendan Carr becomes FCC chairman; both had documented Project 2025 roles before the administration.
Russ Vought · Federal Communications Commission · Project 2025 · Donald Trump
Relationship records
Brendan Carr → Project 2025
Authored the Mandate for Leadership chapter on the Federal Communications Commission · 2023
Evidence status: documented
Brendan Carr → Federal Communications Commission
Designated chairman by President Trump · 2025
Evidence status: documented