The buck stops at the top
To say Pai acted wonderfully in a crisis is a bit rich. He is in charge of the FCC. If they hire inept personnel at the CIO level that is on him. Of course he is not to blame for a non-existing traffic analysis, but he is to blame for running a mayor organization with a website that falls over under heavy usage. He is even more to blame for relying on staff at the top level that essentially lie to him.