Ricardo Perez, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection employee since 2003, will serve as CBP port director for Hannah, N.D. The Hannah port is one of 67 ports of entry within the CBP Seattle Field Office

Kenneth Riley, president of International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422 in Charleston, SC, named president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO.

John Pisa-Relli, vice chair of the Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law, joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson's International Trade and Investment and Aerospace & Defense practices, in the Washington, D.C., office, specializing in compliance with U.S. trade controls.

Robert Groves, director of the Census Bureau, is resigning in August to become the provost of Georgetown University. Groves led the Census Bureau for almost three years.

Tara Sonenshine , ex-U.S. Institute of Peace, sworn-in as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.

Michael Volkov, ex-U.S. Attorney Office, D.C., joins LeClairRyan Litigation Department in Washington, D.C., dealing with issues such as Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.