Verizon names new head of Washington operations

Verizon Communications named Randal S. Milch executive vice president of global public policy and communications, the lead role in Washington for the telecom giant. Milch in effect replaces Thomas J. Tauke, who is switching gears to advise chief executive Lowell McAdam on legislative strategy including federal telecom law and corporate tax reform, the firm said. The changes were part of a broader organizational shift with Verizon merging federal, state and legal operations. Tauke, 62, served as a Republican representative of Iowa from 1979 to 1991.