Trump Announces Tech Appointments, Nominates More Ambassadors

President-elect Donald Trump announced another round of appointments and nominations on Dec. 22, including people who will work with White House artificial intelligence (AI) and crypto czar David Sacks as well as several important ambassadorships. Michael Kratsios was named the assistant to the president for science and technology and the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Lynne Parker was chosen to become the counselor to the director of the OSTP and executive director of the Presidential Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST), which Sacks will chair. Bo Hines was named the executive director of the new Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets (the “Crypto Council”), and Sriram Krishnan was named the senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence at the OSTP....