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PeopleReport: The FCC's Homeland Security Chief
A North Carolina police chief will be trading in his badge as a university safety officer to manage disaster preparedness at the FCC.
Agency Chairman Kevin Martin has appointed Derek Poarch as chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. Poarch, a native of Lenoir, N.C., is currently the director of public safety and chief of police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In his new role, he will oversee the bureau responsible for FCC activities pertaining to public safety, homeland security, emergency management and disaster preparedness.
This week's podcast also reports on the hiring of a trade lobbyist by the Electronic Industries Alliance and the opening of the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Washington lobbying office.
Posted by Technology Daily on February 27, 2007 11:22 AM | Permalink
