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Doing Battle In Online Communications
by Heather Greenfield
Adfero Group, formerly Right Click Strategies, has a new name and a new vice president. Chris Battle will help the online strategy company with strategic communications.
Battle has more than a decade of experience in media, strategic communications, issue advocacy, crisis communications and political campaign management. He has been chief of staff for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Homeland Security Department.
Battle also previously served as director of public affairs for ICE, director of congressional and public affairs for the Drug Enforcement Administration and deputy chief of staff for former Rep. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark. Most recently, Battle served as campaign manager for Hutchinson in his unsuccessful 2006 run for governor of Arkansas.
"Whether you're talking about traditional earned-media efforts, ad placement, grassroots development or any other communications campaign, you can't operate in today's fluid media environment without incorporating new technologies and new media strategies," Battle said.
Patent Office Confirms Deputy
It's official. John Love has become the deputy commissioner for patent examination policy for the Patent and Trademark Office. Love has been the acting deputy commissioner and has previous experience in Technical Center 2600, which handles Internet-related inventions.
As deputy commissioner, Love will be responsible for changes in patent practice, for rules of practice and procedures, for examining priorities, and for classifying technological arts.
"John's extensive patent practice and policy experience, wealth of legal knowledge, and proven leadership abilities make him an invaluable asset to the patent team," Commissioner for Patents John Doll said. "His rapport with the patent-examining corps, managers and the public will help us expertly meet the many challenges of the coming years."
Love joined PTO in 1969 and has served the agency in various leadership positions, including director of the technology center with responsibility for examining patents on computer-related inventions and business methods, like the one-click function patented by Amazon.com. He was appointed to the senior executive service in 1988.
Federal Procurement Veteran Lured To EDS
John Sindelar, a special adviser to General Services Administration chief Lurita Doan, is leaving for a position with Electronic Data Systems in the global government industry program, where he will provide strategic consulting.
The move comes after Sindelar's nearly 27 years with GSA, the federal government's procurement office. He was the deputy associate administrator of the agency's government policy office for 10 years. "EDS is gaining a true asset in John Sindelar," Doan said.
During his career at GSA, Sindelar received the GSA Meritorious Award, two Fed 100 awards for improvements through the use of information technology, CIO Council Excellence Awards, and letters of presidential commendation.
"I have enjoyed my time at GSA and have had the opportunity to work with many good people on a host of progressive projects," Sindelar said. "I am especially grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in cross-agency effort to implement the President's Management Agenda for e-government since 2001."
Former Sen. Frist Launches Idea-Sharing Site
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has found something to do with his time now that he is not running for president in 2008. He has launched the "Your Ideas America" to air and rank policy proposals. Frist offered some issues to start the conversation -- health care, the deficit and immigration.
Visitors to the site can post comments, offer ideas and score them with a certain number of light bulbs. "It is my hope, that you will help me start this exchange of ideas by adding your insights and solutions," Frist wrote in a post to visitors when the site began Thursday.
The leading idea last week was from Dick Jantzer of California who wrote: "Illegal immigration will destroy this country much sooner than any terrorist will. The local, state and federal government should enforce the existing immigration laws."
Frist noted that the site is based upon www.100ideas.org, which Republican Speaker-elect Marco Rubio and his fellow Republicans launched in Florida in 2005. Frist said he eventually would like to add a Web log to his site.
MPAA Hires Education Coordinator
The Motion Picture Association of America has created a new position and filled it. MPAA named Stuart McLaurin as executive vice president of education affairs. McLaurin will lead the association's education and outreach programs starting this month and will report directly to both Chief Executive Officer Dan Glickman and Chief Operating Officer Bob Pisano.
McLaurin will direct, manage and implement all aspects of MPAA's educational outreach initiatives, targeting education administrators, educators and students, and lawmakers and other government officials to promote awareness about protecting intellectual property.
"Education is the single-most important tool we have available to help change perceptions about protecting intellectual property, change the behavior of those who are already engaging in piracy, and connect with our nation's youth before they begin pirating," Glickman said. "Stewart brings with him the expertise and enthusiasm necessary to lead that charge."
McLaurin most recently was chief of staff to the president of Georgetown University. Before that, he served as a chief strategist to Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., during her 2000 campaign for president and chief of staff for Dole at the American Red Cross.
House Honors Black Scientist
The House adopted a resolution honoring Percy Lavon Julian, a black chemist. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, sponsored the resolution.
"Dr. Percy Julian overcame countless obstacles in his path to scientific greatness," Johnson said. "This bill holds him as an example for women and underrepresented minorities struggling to earn advanced degrees and succeed as scientists, engineers and mathematicians."
Julian was born in 1899 as the grandson of slaves in Alabama, and earned a master's degree from Harvard University and a doctorate from the University of Vienna. During his career as an organic chemist, Julian was awarded 105 patents, including those for foam fire retardant, a treatment for glaucoma and a low-cost process to produce cortisone.
Quote Of The Week
"While the continuing resolution's numbers do not quite meet those supported during the last Congress, this commitment in another year of tight budgets and level funding sends a clear and welcome signal about this Congress' priorities."
-- Charlie Robinson of the Electronic Industries Alliance, endorsing a House measure that would boost funding for basic federal science research in fiscal 2007.
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