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David Dasher held the position, but moved on earlier this month to the position of CPO at the First Responder Network Authority, an independent agency within the Commerce Department that is mandated by Congress to build, deploy and operate a nationwide public safety broadband for first responders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nayak&#8217;s kept a relatively low profile during his time away from public sector, explaining his exit in 2014 as an opportunity to consult, guiding acquisition regulation\u00a0from the purview of industry. 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