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Senate confirms Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board members: Adam Klein, also chairman, term ending Jan. 29, 2024; Edward Felten, term expiring Jan. 29; and Jane Nitze, term until Jan. 29, 2023; term of current member Elisebeth Collins was to have ended Jan. 29, 2020, who nonetheless is transitioning out, according to a spokesperson; Aditya Bamzai and Travis LeBlanc await Senate Judiciary Committee hearing (see 1808290038).

New committee chairs at Society of Broadcast Engineers: Awards is Tom McGinley, McGinley Enterprizes; Bylaws, Ted Hand, Cox Media Group; Finance, Roswell Clark, also CMG; Government Relations, Kevin Trueblood, WGCU Public Media; Membership, Steve Brown, Woodward Radio Group; for Nominations, Vinny Lopez, Syracuse TV stations including WTVH; and Technologies, a new ad hoc committee, is Shane Toven, Educational Media Foundation.

Lobbyist registrations: Rural Media Group, Houghton Bradford on “potential legislation that would ensure access to programming in rural market areas now controlled by cable networks,” effective Sept. 27 ... Federal government IT contractor Technologist, Ballard Partners, effective Sept. 20 ... Communications Workers of America, 1600 Group to oppose T-Mobile buying Sprint, effective Sept. 5 ... Blockchain Association, S-3 Group, effective Sept. 1 ... Security tech firm Macom Technology Solutions, Ben Barnes Group, effective Aug. 28 ... Ion Media, The O Team, effective Aug. 17 ... LocationSmart, Ice Miller Strategies on privacy and cybersecurity, effective July 20.