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The article announces that Richard Russell has been hired as lobbyist for the Stanton Park Group, and Dwight Fettig has joined the lobbying firm of Porterfield, Lowenthal and Fettig.

The article announces the hiring of Dave Levinthal as reporter for the Center for Public Integrity and the appointment of Peter Alexander as White House correspondent for NBC.

The article announces career moves in the energy lobbying industry in the U.S. including the hiring of Drew Maloney as view president for government affairs and public policy at energy firm Hess Corp., and appointment of Derek Murrow as federal energy policy director of Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

The article announces appointments at some U.S. associations including W. Eric Dell as a lobbyist for the National Automatic Merchandising Association, Christopher Donnellan as lobbyist for the American Health Care Association, and Kevin Cain as the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges' director of government relations.

The article announces on the retirement of Capitol Hill technology specialist Erin Sheerin.

The article announces the hiring of Joanna Martin at executive-search firm Korn/Ferry International.

The article announces several appointments including Joyce Rose as president of Operation Lifesaver, Sean McMorrow as lobbyist for Mazda North American Operations and Paul Scolese as Cox Enterprises assistant vice president of government affairs.

The article announces the appointment of Joel Parriott as American Astronomical Society's first director of public policy.

The article reports on the decision of former Justice Department's associate attorney general Thomas J. Perrelli to return to private practice at Jenner and Block, and announces Barnes and Thorrnburg's appointment of Jordan S. Weinstein as a partner in its Washington office.

The section announces executive changes within the U.S. energy sector, including Suedeen Kelly for the energy regulatory practice of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld and O. Ray Bourland, new vice president for public policy at Pepco Holdings.

The section announces executive changes within the U.S. aviation industry, including Jim Coon at the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), Frank McCarthy at The Keelan Group, and Steve Hedges at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

The article announces that Nuku Ofori was appointed as liaison to members of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. State Department.

The article announces the appointment of Barbara Wanner as representative for member companies in the communications and technology sectors of the U.S. Council for International Business.

The article announces appointments in U.S. lobbying firms including Dee Buchanan and Con Lass as lobbyist for American Petroleum Institute at Ogilvy Government Relations, Rob Epplin as vice president at Gephardt Government Affairs, and Alan Elias as vice president of Mercury/Clark & Weinstock.

The article announces the transfer of Chelsey Penrod Hickman to the lobbying firm, the Grossman Group.

The article announces that Kenneth Baer was appointed as a managing director of public affairs firm Harbour Group and that Bill McQuillen has joined public affairs firm JDA Frontline.

The article announces that Brandi Wilson White joined lobbying firm Eastman Chemical Company of Tennessee as a lobbyist.

The article announces that Michael Lewan rejoins the office of Connecticut Senator Joseph I. Lieberman.

The article announces that W. Jackson 'Jack' Coleman joined the law firm Arent Fox as counsel while Jenifer Nawrocki became a staff member of the National Propane Gas Association.

The article announces that Cheryl A. Falve has joined the law firm Crowell and Moring as counsel.

The article announces that Kenneth Olden has been named director of the National Center for Environmental Assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Joe Matal has been appointed associate solicitor at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Daniel Reilly has been named senior vice president of communications of Export-Import Bank.

The article announces that H. David Kotz has been hired as director of the financial institutions practice at Berkeley Research Group, and Leonard Chanin has been named partner in the Washington office of the Morrison and Foerster law firm.

The article announces that James Kemp was hired at Washington-based lobbying and law firm Patton Boggs.

The article announces that Nao Matsukata was appointed as chief executive officer (CEO) at FairWinds Partners and Ann K. Ford was named as U.S. vice chairwoman of intellectual property and technology practice at DLA Piper.

The article discusses the appointment of Ben Kershaw as assistant director for congressional relations of the American Alliance of Museums.

The article announces that lobbyist G. William Hoagland has joined the Bipartisan Policy Center to help launch a major initiative to make recommendations on ways to lower the cost of health care.

The article announces that Robert M. Duncan has been appointed president of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.

The article announces executive changes within the U.S. Congress as of September 2012, including Wendy Oscarson retiring as media relations coordinator at the U.S. Senate Daily Press Gallery and Rory Cooper joining the staff of U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

The article profiles California Democrat lobbyist Dennis Cardoza. According to the author, since resigning from the U.S. House of Representatives, Cardoza has been busy working at the Washington office of Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips, a Los Angeles, California-based law firm that reported 2 million U.S. dollars of work in federal lobbying in 2011.

The article observes that the Time Warner Cable Arena and the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, the two main venues of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, have long been sources of discomfort for Democrats in the state due to their associations with the Republican Party.

The article profiles Chris Estes who is the new president of the National Housing Conference.

The article announces several career changes including the resignation of Jo Maney as spokeswoman of Dreier LLP, recruitment of Mike Tuffin as managing director of Apco Worldwide Inc., and resignation of Mike Heimowitz as senior vice president at Porter Novelli.

The article announces that Jay Heimbach has been appointed as head of outreach to the U.S. Congress and the executive branch senior director of U.S. government relations at One, a global anti-poverty group.

The article profiles 38 North Solutions, a clean energy and high-technology public affairs firm based in Washington, D.C.

The article announces the appointment of Steve Chaggaris as executive editor at CBSNews.com, the Internet news division of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).

The article features Richard W. Pombo, a consultant for Washington-based lobbying firm Sellery Associates Inc.

The article announces that Julia Greene has been promoted as deputy director of the political department of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker who will run the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) voter protection program.

The article features U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives officers. USAID director J. Mark Brinkmoeller, it says, has worked with advocacy group One in supporting international aid for fighting hunger and disease while USAID administrator Rajiv Shah worked on outreach programs to religious groups. It also notes the appointment of Sonny Ramaswamy as head of the Institute of Food and Agriculture.

The article announces that Eric Williams was promoted as minority staff director at the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights.

The article announces that Republican Tom Blank has been hired as executive vice president of the Lobbying Firm of former majority leader Richard A. Gephardt.

The article focuses on U.S. Department of Agriculture Christopher L. Smith as the innovation and federal chief technology officer at Accenture. It says that huge productivity will be seen and the reduction of cost computing will continue. He adds that Big data in the agriculture is referred to as getting the better use of information on agricultural activity.

The article announces that Pat Bousliman was hired by the Democratic lobbying firm Elmendorf Ryan, and the appointment of Travis Lumpkin as vice president at Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs.

The article announces that Richard Fontaine was appointed as president of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).

The article announces executive appointments in U.S. politics, including Gerrit Lansing as manager of the National Republican Congressional Committee's digital shop and Derek Flowers as director of Crossroads Generation.

The article announces that J. Peter Scoblic has been appointed executive editor of the magazine "Foreign Policy."

The article announces that Californian physician Grant Colfax has been named as the second director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, which forms part of the Domestic Policy Council.

The article reports that Winslow T. Wheeler and David S. Hilzenrath have joined the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). Formed in 1981, POGO was established to monitor defense spending. Hilzenrath, who previously worked as a "Washington Post" reporter, joined the team as editor-in-chief. Wheeler vacates his post at the World Security Institute to work on POGO's research capabilities.

The article discusses the appointment of Rajesh Ranganathan as director of the Office of Translational Research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

The article announces that Anthony A. Wallis has been appointed as the new legislative director for the Association of the U.S Navy.

The article announces the promotion of Holly Fechner as co-chairwoman of law and lobbying firm Covington and Burling.