FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces additions of Johannes Bauer, on leave from Michigan State University, as chief economist (see 2309210034), and Jonathan Uriarte, ex-office of Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as press secretary, succeeding Paloma Perez, who rises to communications director; and promotion of Will Wiquist to deputy director-communications, succeeding Anne Veigle (see 2309050069); and departures of longtime staffers Michael Carowitz, most recently deputy chief-Enforcement Bureau, and Tracey Weisler, senior adviser-International Bureau, who's taking a teaching position at Stanford University; Rosenworcel also announces Office of Economics and Analytics’ Lester Roberts as Excellence in Engineering Award winner for work on making emergency alert system more resilient and Media Bureau’s John Gabrysch as the Excellence in Economic Analysis Award winner for work in developing tools and methods for analyzing interference in the AM radio service.
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