Rachel Racusen is returning to the White House as a strategic PR advisor following a seven-month stint at MSNBC, where she served as VP-communications.
Jen Psaki, White House communications director, said via an internal email that Rascusen would handle long-term projects, coordinate with the digital team and handle relations with outside groups.
Rascusen said Team Obama offered an attractive opportunity to manage PR during the fourth quarter.
She said she feels lucky to have worked with the PR pros at the cable network.
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.
