Nebraska Public Service Commission elects Commissioner Jerry Vap chairman, succeeding Commissioner Frank Landis, and Commissioner Tim Schram vice chairman ... Electronic Frontier Foundation names EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien the Adams chair for Internet rights, new position ... Time Warner hires Mitchell Klaif, ex-Time Inc., as senior vice president-chief information officer ... 21st Century Fox hires Rachel Rusch, ex-Fabrik Entertainment, as vice president-event series, Fox Broadcasting ... VMware names Sharat Sinha, ex-Palo Alto Networks, vice president-partners and general business, Asia Pacific and Japan ... Hirschmann Car Communication hires Christopher Bala, ex-OPS Solutions, as vice president-sales and marketing ... Entefy, Internet of Things startup, hires Rudd Canaday, co-inventor of UNIX operating system, as senior architect and engineer ... Gaggle, educational technology supplier, hires Bill McCullough, ex-Odysseyware, as vice president-sales ... Lobbyist registrations: Cisco, CTIA, FWD.us and NCTA, Fierce Government Relations, effective Jan. 1.