Allan Friedman, director of the Brookings...

Allan Friedman, director of the Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation, moves to George Washington University’s Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute as visiting scholar on cybersecurity policy research … Dickstein Shapiro promotes Katie Scott to partner in Palo Alto, Calif., office’s Intellectual Property Practice… Neil Smit of Comcast Cable takes over as chairman of the NCTA board … NTIA Chief Economist James McConnaughey retires after 24 years at NTIA, following 10 at the FCC … Discovery Communications extends contract of CEO David Zaslav through the end of the decade.