Senate unanimously confirms Ernest Moniz as Energy secretary ......

Senate unanimously confirms Ernest Moniz as Energy secretary … Hearst Television promotes Michael Hayes to senior vice president/group head … Departing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski names to Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council: Larissa Herda, tw telecom, chairman; and members include Brian Allen, Time Warner Cable; Robert Azzi, Sprint Nextel; Donna Bethea-Murphy, Iridium; Lynn Claudy, NAB; Donna Dodson, National Institute of Standards and Technology; David Donovan, New York State Broadcasters Association; Andy Ellis, Akamai; Brook Fitzsimmons, AT&T; Laurie Flaherty, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Peter Fonash, Department of Homeland Security; Brian Fontes, National Emergency Number Association; Robert Gessner, American Cable Association; Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Center for Democracy and Technology; Rodney Joffe, Neustar; Brian Josef, CTIA; Omar Khan, NQ Mobile; Brett Kilbourne, Utilities Telecom Council; Alice Lippert, Department of Energy; John Madden, National Emergency Management Association; Kyle Malady, Verizon; Sam Matheny, Capitol Broadcasting; John McCoskey, PBS; Danny McPherson, Verisign; Ann Miles, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Michael Mosher, T-Mobile USA; Mehran Nazari, Rural Telecommunications Group; Henry Wayne Pacine, Federal Reserve Board of Governors; Mark Paese, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Damon Penn, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Brian Peretti, Treasury Department; Francisco Sánchez Jr., Harris County, Texas, Homeland Security and Emergency Management; William Schully, DirecTV; Bill Smith, PayPal; Gigi Smith, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials; Myrna Soto, Comcast Cable; Steve Souder, Fairfax County, Va., Department of Public Safety Communications; Dorothy Spears-Dean, Virginia Wireless E-911 Services Board; Rao Vasireddy, Telecommunications Industry Association; Christian Vogler, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network; Tim Walden, CenturyLink; Geoffrey Why, NARUC; Pamela Witmer, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission … Mindspeed Technologies adds Fared Adib, Sprint Nextel, to board.