Looks like Uncle Sam has pulled its finger out and appointed a Privacy Shield ombudsperson

Tuesday 22nd January 2019 16:43 GMT Tigra 07

"The US government shutdown meant El Reg was unable to get an on-record comment from officials."

What's wrong with firing off a tweet to the Donald? It is his preferred method of communication, and he's unaffected by the shutdown.

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Tuesday 22nd January 2019 16:56 GMT Anonymous Coward

The US may have finally complied with the European Commission's repeated requests to name a permanent Privacy Shield ombudsperson, The Register understands.

The White House, late last week, said that president Donald Trump intends to nominate former DocuSign CEO Keith Krach as under-secretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment.

1) I'm amazed that Keith Krach isn't an oil industry lobyist.

2) Donald doesn't know what the position really does,

3) Being the Privacy Shield Ombudsman is probably listed in the job description right after "able to lift 5 pound boxes" and right before "other duties as assigned"

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1. Tuesday 22nd January 2019 21:54 GMT Oengus
  
  1) I'm amazed that Keith Krach isn't an oil industry lobyist.
  
  If he is an advocate for Privacy Shield that would make him a Snake Oil (industry) lobbyist.
  
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2. Wednesday 23rd January 2019 01:04 GMT VikiAi
  
  The Leader of the Free World (TM) probably just thinks it is something to do with Captain America.
  
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  1. Wednesday 23rd January 2019 15:03 GMT Tigra 07
    
    RE: Vikai
    
    "The Leader of the Free World (TM) "
    
    TM? Trademark, or Theresa May?
    
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Tuesday 22nd January 2019 17:01 GMT Wellyboot

Let's hope

He's a bit more user aligned than Ajit-P at the FCC.

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1. Tuesday 22nd January 2019 17:14 GMT A.P. Veening
  
  Re: Let's hope
  
  "He's a bit more user aligned than Ajit-P at the FCC."
  
  Of course, less would be well nigh impossible.
  
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2. Tuesday 22nd January 2019 23:03 GMT Mark 85
  
  Re: Let's hope
  
  I hope you're right. Here I was expecting some exec/board member from Google to be appointed. Call me surprised.
  
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Tuesday 22nd January 2019 17:28 GMT amanfromMars 1

:-) What say you?

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1. Tuesday 22nd January 2019 18:39 GMT Robert Helpmann??
  
  Re: :-) What say you?
  
  A promising start.
  
  Lead with stream of consciousness,
  
  nonsense ensuing.
  
  Mine's the one with Haiku for Complete Idiots in the pocket.
  
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  1. Tuesday 22nd January 2019 20:54 GMT amanfromMars 1
    
    Re: :-) What say you? aman helps Robert?
    
    Oh surely something much more stately is persistently and progressively APT, Robert Helpmann ..... and right busy at ITs AI Work too :-)
    
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Tuesday 22nd January 2019 20:08 GMT markrand

No such word

The word Ombudsman is not gender specific. There is no such thing as an ombudsperson/ombudswoman/ombudsthing.

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1. Wednesday 23rd January 2019 09:46 GMT DropBear
  
  Re: No such word
  
  YET. Give them just a bit of time...
  
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Tuesday 22nd January 2019 20:54 GMT Version 1.0

Great News!

I was expect Trump to nominate Mark Zuckerberg.

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Tuesday 22nd January 2019 23:13 GMT Anonymous Coward

Former Docusign boss ?

I'm still getting spam to an email address that was only ever used on Docusign and was leaked when they were hacked

(https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/05/breach-at-docusign-led-to-targeted-email-malware-campaign/)

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Wednesday 23rd January 2019 08:08 GMT DavCrav

"The US may have finally complied with the European Commission's repeated requests to name a permanent Privacy Shield ombudsperson, The Register understands."

This is the Trump administration. There are no 'permanent' positions.

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Wednesday 23rd January 2019 14:53 GMT John Brown (no body)

Another CEO in government

Do any of these positions ever go to, you know, actual elected Reps or Sens or is the entire selection of government officials all down to the president?

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1. Wednesday 23rd January 2019 21:26 GMT DavCrav
  
  Re: Another CEO in government
  
  "Do any of these positions ever go to, you know, actual elected Reps or Sens or is the entire selection of government officials all down to the president?"
  
  In the US system, I believe the appointment of officials is within the purview of the Executive branch (with some being ratified by the Legislature). The Cabinet, for example, are not elected, with the exception of the President and Vice-President.
  
  This makes sense if you didn't think the party system would exist, and therefore the Executive wouldn't have a body of people in the same party from which to choose a cabinet.
  
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