FCC names Special Counsel Diane Cornell to Performance Review Board which provides...

FCC names Special Counsel Diane Cornell to Performance Review Board which provides performance management for FCC employees who are part of the Senior Executive Service … New America Foundation hires Alan Davidson, ex-Google and who remains affiliated with MIT, as vice president-technology policy and strategy and director of Open Technology Institute, to be effective March 31; OTI founder Sascha Meinrath is no longer a vice president and is now director of the foundation’s X-Lab venture focused on technological innovation … Synchronoss Technologies, which activates connected devices, hires Chris Halbard, whose past employers include British Telecom Global Services, as executive vice president and president-international … Telecommunications Industry Association’s Fiber Optics Technology Consortium officers for 2014 include Rodney Casteel, CommScope, chairman, and Dave Cook, 3M, vice chairman.