Google on hiring spree

Over the past few months, Google has brought on new staff to its growing Washington office, and the company is looking to fill at least four more policy-related positions. Megan Stull, who was in the telecommunications group at law firm Wilkie Farr & Gallagher, has joined Google to work with Richard Whitt, who has been Google's sole telecom lobbyist for the past three years. Seth Webb, who was the House Financial Services Committee's second-most senior Republican aide, joined Google in June to handle Republican outreach and to head small business development. Frannie Wellings, a senior staffer to Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), will soon begin her new role handling third-party outreach for Google. Google also brought on board Mistique Cano, formerly vice president of communications for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Cano takes over media responsibilities for Adam Kovacevich, who had been the key press contact at Google for the past three years. In his new role, Kovacevich is leading the broader policy and communications strategy in the Washington office.