Interim Leader of NTIA Leaving; Stakeholders Expect Replacement to Come
The government official who has been running NTIA after its last head left is now leaving herself.
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Diane Rinaldo alerted officials at the agency this morning, according to stakeholders and one such email from Rinaldo. Her job title is described as "Deputy Assistant Secretary, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator."
In May, NTIA Administrator David Redl resigned amid disagreements between agencies on spectrum issues involving the FCC. Rinaldo after that was named to run NTIA on an interim and/or acting basis.
Stakeholders expect a new official to take over the top NTIA job, perhaps coming from another agency. The Commerce Department and other government officials didn't immediately comment on a successor. NTIA referred our query to Commerce.