Jamie Smith, an Edelman alum and former deputy White House press secretary for President Barack Obama, had been named chief communications officer for Bitcoin technology provider BitFury Group. Smith has served as executive VP at Edelman in Washington since departing the White House. She was previousl director of public affairs for the Director of National Intelligence and workEd on the Hill as comms. director for the Senate Commerce Committee.
She also was comms. director for Madeleine Albright's firm, The Albright Group.
San Francisco-based BitFury, a 2014 startup with about $20m, provides a public ledger of Bitcoin transactions known as a blockchain.
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
Public Strategies Washington has added Abbie Sorrendino, a former aide to now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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