With the flurry of changes happening at the FCC over the past few months, it may be hard to believe that the commission has been short staffed the entire time. But since the beginning of the Trump administration, the FCC has been missing two key positions and the associated staffers that support them. Now Trump is about to fill in the gaps, and it means the FCC will be able to start accomplishing a lot more.

The Federal Communications Commission is supposed to be led by five commissioners (one of whom serves as chairman), but only three have been in place since late January. That’s meant fewer people to deal with day-to-day regulatory issues, less expertise on the many technical questions the commission faces, and the potential for…

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