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Techies Get Key Administration Jobs
by Bara Vaida
The Bush administration has shuffled some personnel and hired new people to fill existing and new top-level jobs in the White House and federal agencies.
John Ackerly, associate director of the White House National Economic Council (NEC), is moving over to the Commerce Department's policy shop in mid-June to become deputy director of the agency's Office of Policy and Strategic Planning. He will work on a broad portfolio of economic issues with that office's director, Donald Trigg.
A Washington-area native, Ackerly worked on high-tech issues for President Bush's 2000 campaign. He replaces Nuala O'Connor, who moved to Commerce's Technology Administration to become general counsel. She was previously the vice president for data protection and chief privacy officer at the online advertising firm DoubleClick.
Richard Russell, who has been nominated as associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and NEC Chairman Lawrence Lindsey are leading the search to replace Ackerly at the NEC.
In other administration news, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) created a chief architect position to manage its e-government projects and to work on the overall federal information technology framework. Bob Haycock, previously the deputy chief information officer for the Denver office of the Bureau of Reclamation, will fill the position.
"Bob will connect the dots as the solution architect for the e-government projects and decide on which applications are going to be used," Government Computer News reported Norman Lorentz as saying. Lorentz is OMB's chief technology officer.
Meanwhile, James Loy, a retired Coast Guard commandant, will become the deputy undersecretary for transportation security and the chief operating officer of the Transportation Security Administration, a new position. Also Debra Stouffer has joined the Environmental Protection Agency, becoming its first chief technology officer. Previously, she was in OMB's Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office.
Staff Changes At The FCC
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has announced several staff changes, including the appointment of Barry Ohlson as chief of the policy division, Blaise Scinto as senior deputy division chief and Jared Carlson as deputy division chief.
Elsewhere at the FCC, Kris Anne Monteith has been named associate bureau chief for intergovernmental affairs in the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. She has worked for the agency since 1997 and before that worked for the law firms of McDermott Will & Emery and Keller and Heckman.
Lori Holy also has been hired as attorney adviser in the Office of Legislative Affairs. She most recently was legislative counsel for the National Association of Broadcasters. And Alan Scrime was named chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology's policy and rules division, which oversees spectrum allocation. Scrime was executive vice president of Everest Broadband Networks.
The AOL Chain Of Command
There has been another executive shakeup at AOL Time Warner. According to the Wall Street Journal, Robert Kimmitt, the executive vice president of global and strategic policy, is now reporting to Richard Parsons instead of AOL Chairman Steve Case. Chief technology officer William Raduchel also is reporting directly to Parsons instead of Case.
Meanwhile, Kenneth Lerer, who handled oversight of press and investor relations, was moved to a newly created office of the CEO and is to work closely with Parsons and chief operating officer Robert Pittman on all aspects of the company's business. Instead of reporting to Lerer, Edward Adler, senior vice president of corporate communications, will report directly to Parsons.
Hastert's Son Lands New Job
Joshua Hastert, the son of House Speaker Dennis Hastert, has joined Federal Legislative Associates, a government relations firm that specializes in security, e-commerce and intellectual property, among other issues. Hastert will focus on high-tech, defense, appropriations and small-business issues.
Previously, Hastert worked as an issues development analyst for Techissues.net, an Internet-based technology information service, and before that was manager of Washington operations for the online music company MP3.com. Before moving to Washington, he ran an independent recording label and owned a small retail business outside Chicago.
In other people news, Wesley Clark, the retired supreme allied commander in Europe for NATO, is helping Little Rock, Ark.-based Acxion market its data-management technology to the federal government, according to Influence Online. Acxion has developed a prototype passenger-verification system for airlines and has been pitching its software as a homeland security tool. In-house lobbyists Bruce Bennett, former Sen. Dale Bumpers, D-Ark., and Mike McNamara from Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn also are representing the firm, Influence reported.
And at the Computing Research Association, Andrew Bernat has been named executive director, a job he starts Aug. 1. He will replace Bill Aspray, who has taken an academic position at Indiana University. Bernat is currently completing his second year as a program officer at the National Science Foundation's division of undergraduate education. He previously was a founding member of the computer science department at the University of Texas at El Paso and headed the National Science Foundation-funded Model Institutions for Excellence program.
Senate Democrats To Meet Female Techies
On Thursday, Senate Democrats Thomas Daschle of South Dakota, who is the majority leader, Barbara Boxer of California, and John Kerry of Massachusetts are hosting a meeting with female leaders in the high-tech sector.
"Women make numerous contributions to this critical sector of our economy," said a letter inviting women to the meeting. "We look forward to your insight on the innovation occurring in the high-tech arena."
Women expected to attend include: Sue Bostrom, senior vice president for Cisco System's Internet Business Solutions group; Mary Clare Fitzgerald, president of the Women's High-Tech Coalition; and Janet Davidson, president of integrated network solutions for Lucent Technologies.
Dot-Com Dollars May Influence House Race
Nebraska dot-com millionaire Democrat Jim Simon said he "won't self-finance his campaign" against Republican Rep. Lee Terry but added that his wealth "could play an advantage in the race," Hotline reported.
Simon campaign manager Adam Gouttierre reportedly said that although Simon has lent his campaign $200,000, he is "raising funds and won't rely chiefly on his own cash. He's not going to self-finance this, but he's been telling everyone he'll contribute the appropriate amount."
Simon has a "substantial edge" in personal wealth over Terry. According to financial disclosure reports, Simon had personal assets valued between $553,000 and $1.7 million in 2001. Terry reported assets valued between $30,000 and $275,000.
A Meet-And-Greet Month For TechNet
The lobbying group TechNet is holding several events this month, including one a meet-and-greet session with Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., it held on Monday at Hewlett-Packard and another one on Tuesday with South Carolina Senate candidate Alex Sanders on June 4.
Last week, the group held a fundraising luncheon for Rep. Gerald Weller, R-Ill., on Tuesday and a meet-and-greet lunch for Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill., on Friday in Silicon Valley.
On June 11, TechNet Texas, Cisco Systems, the technology group AeA and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin will host a discussion with community, university and state policy and technology industry leaders on ways to improve high-speed Internet access to rural Texas.
Correction
The May 21 People Column should have noted that Richard Russell has been nominated to be associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. His nomination is still pending in the Senate.
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