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Appointed to FCC positions by Chairman Tom Wheeler: Shannon...

Appointed to FCC positions by Chairman Tom Wheeler: Shannon Gilson, ex-White House, hired as communications director and head of Office of Media Relations; Jonathan Chambers promoted to Office of Strategic Planning chief, after holding job on acting basis; Gary Epstein, who remains Incentive Auctions Task force chairman, named special adviser to Wheeler on the auctions; and John Leibovitz, who remains deputy Wireless Bureau chief, named special adviser to Wheeler on spectrum policy … Office of FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn confirms hiring Adonis Hoffman, ex-management consultant and communications lawyer who remains adjunct professor at Georgetown University, as chief of staff and senior legal adviser-media.

Disney’s John Watkins, president-ABC Owned Television Stations National Television Sales, retiring at end of January … Leaving BlackBerry are Chief Operating Officer Kristian Tear and Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben; James Yersh promoted to replace as chief financial officer Brian Bidulka, who’s named special adviser to the CEO for rest of fiscal year; Roger Martin resigns from board … President Barack Obama plans to nominate John Roth, Food and Drug Administration, as Department of Homeland Security inspector general, filling position most recently held by Richard Skinner, who resigned.

Named co-chairs by the House Administration Committee of the first House Academic Competition to promote science, technology, engineering and math innovation are Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. … Level 3 Chairman Walter Scott to retire from board at the May annual meeting, after which current director James Ellis is anticipated to be appointed to succeed him … European Commission names to recently formed expert group on taxation of the digital economy: Vítor Gaspar, ex-Portugal finance minister, as chairman; and members are Pierre Collin, French Conseil d'Etat; Michael Devereux, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation; Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP; Tea Varrak, Estonia’s Innovation and Business Centre Mektory; Mary Walsh, consultant in Ireland; and Björn Westberg, Sweden’s Jönköping International Business School … Unified Office cloud-based managed services provider to businesses adds Daniel Smith Jr., ex-Sycamore Networks, to board.