and is a trustee of the Patchwork Foundation, which promotes the participation of under-represented young people in democracy.“I look forward to working with her over the months ahead as we prepare for this forthcoming legislation as well as the ongoing tasks of achieving better broadband and mobile coverage and supporting UK broadcasting.”The programme to establish online harms as part of Ofcom’s remit is likely to take time to put in place. Telecoms regulator Ofcom has appointed Dame Melanie Dawes as its new chief executive, replacing interim CEO Jonathan Oxley. On the same day that Ofcom announces the appointment of Dame Melanie Dawes as its CEO, they also release a response to today's Government announcement on Online Harms regulation.
That is why we proposed to allocate it by auction, and have consulted on that basis for some time. She was Director General of the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat at the Cabinet Office between 2011 and 2015, and prior to that she served on the Board of HMRC as Head of Business Tax.In addition to her current Permanent Secretary role, Dame Melanie chairs the Civil Service People Board, leading workforce strategies across all government departments. Given the extension of Ofcom’s role, the Secretary of State has also today said that the Government will consider carefully the full impacts of this potential change, both for Ofcom and to inform broader work on the regulatory landscape.In view of the fact that the new role would mean change for Ofcom over the next few years, the Secretary of State has indicated that the Government would like a Chair to be in place who is able to oversee the successful implementation of any changes in full.Lord Burns has therefore agreed to step down to enable a new Chair to be in place by the end of this year. The Government’s statement that it is minded to appoint Ofcom as the regulator for online harms is a vote of confidence in Ofcom’s expertise. Dame Melanie Dawes Chief Executive 3 August 2020 Dear Chief Executive, ... We know that this spectrum is important to the future of 5G services in the UK, and that there is considerable demand for it, from your companies and potentially others. She is also Civil Service champion for diversity and inclusion.She has held non-executive roles including with the consumer body Which? The committee has also called on new Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes to investigate concerns that state-backed international news organisations – particularly in China – were spreading “false narratives” about the virus through social media to circumvent UK broadcasting regulation. Dawes is the government’s diversity and inclusion champion, a role she took up this year, replacing Dame Sue Owen, the former permanent secretary at the Department for … Dawes has been Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government since 2015.
The Ofcom Board has today announced the appointment of Dame Melanie Dawes as Chief Executive. Meanwhile Lord Burns has agreed to stay on until the new Chair is in place to ensure a smooth transition.“Not unlike ex-CEO Sharon White, Dame Melanie Dawes appears to lack some experience in this particular field of regulation ”Just looking her up: Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Champion having been the previous Gender Champion.Given she is now being setup as the new Chief Internet Censor under the plans for the Great Wall of China…oops Britain..perhaps this explains the choice.Due to the corvid19 and the G5 link ,Melanie dawes threatening any broadcaster with sanctions if they allow anyone to make connection between covid29&G5 ,what does this means ,or what message is she’s giving ,is she the law above the law or an ofcom dictator ?Pwrple are dying in thousands around the world ,so whose payroll she’s on ,tax payers or the zionists americans ?Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 (10:28 am) - Score 1,446