(KLZA)-- Nebraska Public Service Commissioner Dan Watermeier, from Syracuse, who represents Southeast Nebraska on the Board has been appointed to a sub-committee of the Federal Communications Commission Precision Agriculture and Connectivity Task Force. 

The 15-member committee was formed in June of last year and is charged with reviewing the connectivity and technology need of precision agriculture.

Watermeier will serve on the Accelerating Broadband Deployment on Unserved Agricultural Lands working group.