FCC announces Precision Agriculture Connectivity Task Force working group members, including Mapping and Analyzing Connectivity on Agricultural Lands Working Group Chair Joseph Carey, special government employee, and Vice Chair Brad Robison, CEO-Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association and Tallahatchie Valley Internet Services; Examining Current and Future Connectivity Demand for Precision Agriculture Working Group Chair Joy Sterling, CEO-Iron Horse Vineyards, and Vice Chair Steven Strickland, director-partnerships and channels at Ericsson; and Encouraging Adoption of Precision Agriculture and Availability of High-Quality Jobs on Connected Farms Working Group Chair Joshua Seidemann, vice president-policy, NTCA, and Vice Chair Alex Thomasson, professor-Mississippi State University Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Accelerating Broadband Deployment on Unserved Agricultural Lands Working Group Chair Heather Hampton-Knodle, vice president/secretary-Knodle Ltd. Farms, and Vice Chair Jarrett Taubman, vice president/deputy chief government affairs and regulatory officer-Viasat.

E.W. Scripps nominates Lexitas President-Chief Operating Officer Nishat Mehta for election to its board ... Luna Innovations, fiber optic-based technology provider, announces retirement of Scott Graeff as president-CEO and from the board, and names Chairman Richard Roedel interim executive chairman and president.