Andrew Noyes is moving to Facebook's lobbying shop as manager of public policy communications. He has covered the technology beat for National Journal Group's CongressDaily since 2006 and launched the Tech Daily Dose blog the same year. He knows that making the leap to private industry is a definite role reversal. Tech lobbyists he once called for quotes are already welcoming him to the "dark side," while fellow reporters tease that they'll want exclusive scoops.

Although Silicon Valley heavyweights Google and Microsoft have sprawling D.C. lobby shops, the social-networking website is just establishing its K Street operations. Noyes, 29, will divide his time between putting out public-relations fires and drawing on his extensive Rolodex to help the company get established in Washington. Facebook hired its first lobbyist in April, and Noyes will become just the third employee in the office.

* Effective Nov. 7, Noyes can be reached at andrew{at}andrewnoyes.net.

It has been exactly one year since the lights went out at National Journal's Technology Daily but tech and telecom policy reporting remains front-and-center in the pages of our magazine, on nationaljournal.com and in CongressDaily.

As a reminder, our TechCentral page is a one-stop shop for tons of tech news:

▪ Issue Of The Week: Every Monday, a detailed look at a pertinent policy topic
▪ This Week's Highlights: Every Monday, a forecast of the week in tech
▪ Executive Summary: Every Friday, a summary of the week's big tech news
▪ Wired In Washington: Alternate Wednesdays, tasty telecom updates
▪ People Column: Keeping an eye on the revolving door
▪ Tech Daily Dose: News and notes on the tech agenda

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Here's what PC Magazine had to say: "Not all the major technology innovation and news come from the West Coast. The corridors of power in Washington, D.C., have an impact, and that's why this slice of NationalJournal.com's CongressDaily covers the news in regulation, lobbying, and litigation that can change our cyber-lives." We were sandwiched in between listings for TechCrunch and Techdirt. Not bad company if I do say so myself. See the full list here -- and lets keep up the momentum in 2009!

We know you spend all of your waking hours on Facebook (don’t worry, we won’t tell your boss) so why don’t you become a friend of Tech Daily Dose via the popular social networking site? Click here to join us and while you're there, become a fan of National Journal's Under The Influence blog too.

CongressDaily will resume publication the week of Sept. 8 after the congressional recess. In the meantime, keep up to date with the latest news with online updates on nationaljournal.com. Tech Daily Dose will go dark for a week or so and posts may slow to a trickle as staff prepares for the Democratic National Convention held Aug. 25-28 in Denver, Colo., and the Republican National Convention held Sept. 1-4 in Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minn. Rest up, dear readers. The campaign fun has only just begun.

I envision this blog evolving to include a range of topics that had otherwise been noted in Technology Daily (and may not be of particular interest to our broadened audience in CongressDaily) so if there's something blogworthy on the tech policy front, please don’t hesitate to send it my way -- anoyes@nationaljournal.com.

My editor Danny Glover launched the unique Web product (along with a companion column for NationalJournal.com) in June 2005 with the goal of proving that blogs would quickly gain power in policy circles inside the Beltway. Mission accomplished!

Glover posted a farewell to his readers here but he is by no means leaving the blogosphere. AirCongress, a portal to audio and video of, by and about Congress that he started in 2006, will stay online. He also kicked off a one-year blog project dubbed Taxation With Representation with the purpose highlighting America's tax troubles.

Glover's full-time career move into Internet video is just days away too, so stay tuned. I'm sure he'll let us know what he's up to.

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Dear Reader:

After nine years of publication, National Journal's Technology Daily bids farewell this Thursday.

In announcing this decision recently, we noted that National Journal Group is moving to increase technology-related coverage throughout all of its publications. In particular, National Journal's CongressDaily -- our twice daily publication for Capitol Hill insiders -- will be adding staff for this purpose.

And, beginning next Monday, Feb. 4, the online edition of CongressDaily will contain a new, continuously updated section that will include stories of interest to the technology sector in one convenient place. This section will also be home to several of the weekly features that have appeared regularly in Technology Daily over the years.

If you are interested in a trial subscription to CongressDaily, please call 800-424-2921 or e-mail us at memberships@nationaljournal.com.

With best regards,

Lou Peck
Editor In Chief

(Photo Credit: Justin Russell)

Happy holidays from Andrew, Aliya, Chris, Danny, David, Heather, Michael, Theresa and the rest of the Technology Daily gang! We will not publish again until Monday, Jan. 7 so feel free to take a break from tech policy for a couple of weeks. Readers, you deserve some rest and relaxation -- and we do too.