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| Jess Smith |
Jess Smith, who was managing director of operations in Burson-Marsteller's public affairs & crisis group, is now chief of staff for Colorado Senator Michael Bennet.
Most recently, Smith was chief operating officer at J Street, where she managed a more than 70-person staff dedicated to finding a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Earlier, Smith worked in the Obama administration as director of external affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency during Superstorm Sandy and senior spokesperson at the Justice Dept.
She also was communications director for Virginia Senator Jim Webb.
Bennet expects Smith's extensive experience in management, communications and public service will benefit his team and the people of Colorado.
Erik Hotmire has rejoined the Securities and Exchange Commission as chief external affairs officer and director of the Office of Public Affairs.
California seeks a firm to handle a $3.5M marketing/ad program to promote awareness of, and increase sign-ups in, its job corps program. 
The National Highway Safety Administration has awarded its public education to Stratacomm following a competitive re-compete process.
Congress wants the FTC to probe whether TikTok violated child privacy laws when it launched a last-ditch lobbying blitz to defeat the bill requiring its owner, ByteDance, to divest it.
Jeffrey Nesbit, who served as communications director for former vice president Dan Quayle, is named assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
