North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) appoints Public Service Commissioner Brian Kroshus as tax commissioner, he's also ex-Lee Enterprises; he begins leading the Office of State Tax Commissioner Tuesday and serves "the remaining year of the unexpired four-year term of current Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger, who is resigning effective Jan. 3"; Burgum will name, likely in January, a new PSC commissioner, who would serve until the November general election, spokespeople for the governor and the agency tell us.

Solidigm, new SK hynix subsidiary in San Jose formed from its purchase of Intel’s solid-state-drive business, to name Intel Senior Vice President Robert Crooke as its CEO ... Smart mobility solutions company Verra Mobility appoints GE Digital CEO Patrick Byrne as chairman, succeeding Jacob Kotzubei, who resigned from the board Dec. 10 ... Beijing mobility technology platform DiDi Global adds Alibaba Senior Legal Director Yi Zhang to its board, replacing Daniel Yong Zhang, who stepped down ... Israeli printed circuit board supplier Eltek hires Ron Freund from Ophir Tours as chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Alon Mualem, who resigned to pursue a business opportunity.

The FCC announced co-chairs, members and liaisons of the six working groups of the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council VIII: Working Group 1 5G Signaling Protocols Security co-Chairs Brian Daly, AT&T, and Travis Russell, Oracle; liaison Ahmed Lahjouji; and members Colin Andrews, Telecommunications Industry Association; Michael Bergman, CTA; Matt Carothers, Cox Communications; Martin Goldberg, NSA; Angel Gomez, Verizon; Stephen Hayes, Ericsson; Jithin Jagannath, Andro Computational; Antwane Johnson, FEMA; John Kimmins, Palindrome Technologies; Xiaoyang Lee, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; John Marinho, CTIA; Martin McGrath, Nokia; Maureen McLaughlin, SIA; Danny McPherson, Verisign; Derek Peterson, Wireless Broadband Alliance; Mitch Rappard, Palo Alto Networks; Mike Recchione, ATIS; Stefan Saroiu, Microsoft; Greg Schumacher, T-Mobile: Anish Sharma, Mavenir; and Christopher Wendt, Somos.

WG 2 Promoting Security, Reliability and Interoperability of Open Radio Access Network Equipment co-Chairs Mike Barnes, Mavenir, and George Woodward, RWA; liaison Zenji Nakazawa; and members Rob Alderfer, Charter; Robert Dew, CISA; Marla Dowell, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Andrew Drozd, Andro; Russ Gyurek, Cisco; Javed Khan, Altiostar Network; Michael Loushine, AT&T; Jennifer Manner, Hughes; Martin McGrath, Nokia; Jack Nasielski, Qualcomm; Scott Poretsky, Ericsson; Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Verizon; Stefan Saroiu, Microsoft; Tom Sawanobori, CTIA; Tim Schram, NARUC; Nick Solano, QCommunications; Eric Tamarkin, Samsung; Jean Trakinat, T-Mobile; Claire Vishik, Intel; and Henry Young, BSA|The Software Alliance.

WG 3 Leveraging Virtualization Technology to Promote Secure, Reliable 5G Networks co-Chairs Micaela Giuhat, Microsoft, and John Roese, Dell; liaison Jeff Goldthorp; and members NIST's Dowell; Andro's Drozd; Bob Everson, Cisco; Michael Gallagher, Verizon; Martin Goldberg, NSA; Javed Khan, Altiostar Networks; Douglas Knisely, Qualcomm; Hughes' Manner; Serge Manning, T-Mobile; McGrath, Nokia; William Mikucki, Comtech Telecom; Keith O’Brien, Palo Alto Networks; Jitendra Patel, AT&T; Leo Popokh, ATIS; CTIA's Sawanobori; Imtiaz Shaikh, Ericsson; Jane Shen, Mavenir; Paul Steinberg, Motorola; Frank Suraci, CISA; Peter Tomczak, FirstNet; Vishik, Intel; Damien Whaley, Cox Communications; and George Woodward, RWA.

WG 4 911 Service Over Wi-Fi co-Chairs Mary Boyd, Intrado, and Mark Reddish, APCO; liaison Rasoul Safavian; and members Brandon Abley, National Emergency Number Association; Rob Alderfer, Charter; Mark Annas, City of Riverside, California, Fire Department, Office of Emergency Management; Bergman, CTA; Wade Buckner, International Association of Fire Chiefs; Kirk Burroughs, Apple; Chinmay Dhodapkar, Google; Stephen Edge, Qualcomm; Kate Elkins, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Harold Feld, Public Knowledge; Fred Frantz, Andro; Mark Gibson, CommScope; James Goerke, Texas 9-1-1 Alliance; Jeanna Green, T-Mobile; Kevin Green, Somos; Mark Grubb, CISA; Mark Hess, Comcast; Craig Hodan, National Weather Service, NOAA; Everett Kaneshige, NATOA; Robert Kubik, Samsung; Andy Leneweaver, Washington State Military Department; Jason Lish, Lumen Technologies; Susan Miller, ATIS; Peter Musgrove, AT&T; Theresa Reese, Ericsson; Travis Reutter, ACA Connects; Charlie Sasser, National Association of State Technology Directors; NARUC's Schram; Sean Scott, SecuLore Solutions; Malcolm Smith, Cisco; Stuart Strickland, Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Jeff Torres, Verizon; Steve Watkins, Cox ; and Jeff Wittek, Motorola Solutions.

WG 5 Managing Software & Cloud Services Supply Chain Security for Communications Infrastructure Chair: Rittwik Jana, VMWare; liaison Saswat Misra; and members Rob Alderfer, Charter Communications; Tom Anderson, ATIS; John-Luc Bakker, BlackBerry; Donna Bethea-Murphy, Inmarsat; Shirley Bloomfield, NTCA; Carothers, Cox; Josh Cech, S&T Telephone Cooperative Association; Dana Golub, PBS; Andro's Jagannath; Mohammad Khaled, Ericsson; Chad Kliewer, Pioneer Telephone; Lumen's Lish; Nokia's McGrath; SIA's McLaughlin; George Popovich, Motorola; ACA's Reutter; Nasrin Rezai, Verizon; John Roznovsky, Mavenir; SecuLore's Scott; Jim Stringer, AT&T; Dick Tenney, CISA; Intel's Vishik; Kelly Williams, NAB; Timothy Wilson-Johnston, Cisco; BSA's Young; and Timothy Youngblood, T-Mobile.

And, WG 6 Leveraging Mobile Device Applications and Firmware to Enhance Wireless Emergency Alerts co-Chairs Farrokh Khatibi, Qualcomm, and Francisco Sanchez, Harris County (Texas) Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management; liaison James Wiley; and members Annas, City of Riverside, California Fire Department, Office of Emergency Management; Rebecca Baudendistel, New York City Emergency Management; Terri Brooks, T-Mobile; IAFC's Buckner; Kirk Burroughs, Apple; AT&T's Daly; PK's Feld; Craig Fugate, America’s Public Television Stations; Michael Gerber, NWS/NOAA; PBS' Golub; Stephen Guiwits, US Geological Survey; Hess, Comcast; FEMA's Johnson; Samsung's Kubik; Jennifer Lazo, City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department; John Marinho, CTIA; ATIS' Miller; Krisztina Pusok, American Consumer Institute; Microsoft's Saroiu; Matthew Straeb, Global Security Systems; FirstNet's Tomczak; Brian Toolan, Everbridge; Dara Ung, Comtech; Larry Walke, NAB; Cox's Watkins; and Jack Yu, Google.