On 14 November 2008 it was announced that then-President-elect Barack Obama has selected Susan Crawford and Werbach to lead the review of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Werbach has also served on the board of directors of the TPRC Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy (2003–2009), is a Fellow at the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan (2002–present), and sat on the advisory board of Knowledge@Wharton (2005–present), Public Knowledge (2002–present) and Socialtext (2003–present).

[3] On 14 November 2008 it was announced that President-elect Barack Obama has selected Susan Crawford and Werbach to lead the review of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

[4] The review team "will ensure that senior appointees have the information necessary to complete the confirmation process, lead their departments, and begin implementing signature policy initiatives immediately after they are sworn in.

"[5] Werbach's areas of interest are emerging internet technologies, telecommunications policy, electronic commerce, wireless communication, and regulation.