President Trump is removing financier Anthony Scaramucci from his communications director post after a bombastic 10-day run at the request of just-sworn in chief of staff Gen. John Kelly, according to the New York Times.
“Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House communications director,” said White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team. We wish him all the best.”
Scaramucci is remembered for his profanity-filled interview with the New Yorker and crude verbal takedown of predecessor Reince Priebus.
Kelly has promised to bring order to the chaotic White House staff and disciplined message.
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.
