K&L Gates Intellectual Property practice adds Whitney McCollum from Aecom as a privacy partner, technology transactions, privacy and sourcing practice ... SoundExchange hires Vanessa French from Brinks Home as vice president-communications and content strategy ... Trimble adds Poppy Crum from Dolby Labs as chief technology officer and Google’s Jennifer Lin as chief platform officer ... Nominations sent to Senate for Alvaro Bedoya to be FTC commissioner for term ending Sept. 26, 2026, with Rohit Chopra's term expired; Marisa Lago for undersecretary of commerce-international trade; and John Sherman for DOD chief information officer from acting CIO.

At Competitive Carriers Association's annual convention, CCA elects 2021-22 board, with members re-electing all nominees and electing new director Ron Whaley, IDI Billing Solutions, for an open seat ... Department of Labor appoints 29 members for Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship, including Chairperson Pam Eddinger, Bunker Hill Community College; and among the employer representatives are the Wireless Industry Association's Jonathan Adelstein, Amy Kardel from CompTIA and Obed Louissaint, IBM.