Kinkoph Remains Acting NTIA Head as Candeub Named Deputy
Michigan State University law professor Adam Candeub joined the Commerce Department as deputy assistant NTIA secretary (see 2005010060), making him the agency’s deputy administrator, NTIA said Friday. Doug Kinkoph remains acting administrator “performing the non-exclusive functions and duties” of the…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
assistant secretary of commerce-communications and information, the agency said. Kinkoph has led NTIA since December, when former acting head Diane Rinaldo left (see 1912230065). There hasn’t been a permanent NTIA administrator since former head David Redl left in May 2019 (see 1905090051). Candeub in the past has focused on social media and First Amendment (see 1911150047). Last year, he represented Canadian blogger Meghan Murphy in a lawsuit against Twitter, which had permanently banned her because of tweets about transgender people. He previously worked in the FCC Media and Wireline bureaus. Candeub didn’t comment and referred us to NTIA. Former Charter Communications Group Vice President-Advanced Engineering Jim Medica joined NTIA as a senior adviser. He previously worked from Time Warner, Cisco, MCI and Skadden Arps. After we reported that industry officials believed that former Breitbart reporter Ian Mason joined the agency in a junior policy adviser role, Mason said that was incorrect. He had applied for a job there but decided against accepting a job offer, he said by phone on Sunday. The agency hadn't initially commented on reports of Mason’s appointment. Sunday, it confirmed he's not working there.