Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, will step down from his post on Jan. 20 after more than three years on the job.

Wheeler helped advance the passage of “net neutrality” rules that require internet service providers to treat online content equally, according to a report by Brett Molina for USA Today.

He also supported a measure that aims to require cable service providers to develop applications that would allow viewers to watch programs without the need for set-top boxes, Molina added.

Wheeler was confirmed by the Senate as FCC chairman in October 2013 five months after President Barack Obama nominated him to the post.

Prior to FCC, he worked at venture capital firm Core Capital Partners as a managing partner.

Wheeler also served as president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, now called CTIA-The Wireless Association, and the National Cable Television Association, now known as NCTA-The Internet & Television Association.

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Montana) has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of the Interior Department, USA Today reported Thursday.

David Jackson writes Zinke is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and is in his second term in the House following his re-election in November.

Zinke “has built one of the strongest track records on championing regulatory relief, forest management, responsible energy development and public land issues,” Trump said in statement.

“I will work tirelessly to ensure our public lands are managed and preserved in a way that benefits everyone for generations to come,” Zinke said in response to his selection for the post, Jackson reports.

Zinke is a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources and an advocate of the coal industry in Montana, according to a report by Veronica Stracqualursi for ABC News.

He is one of the co-sponsors of a bill that seeks to establish the Keystone XL pipeline and is known for being critical of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, ABC News added.

Congress has authorized the General Services Administration to start acquisition, construction and design work on a $38.2 million project to build a new federal courthouse in Alabama.

GSA said Thursday the 63,000-square-foot federal courthouse will include two courtrooms, three chambers and other court related tenants from the U.S. Marshals Services and U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The agency has narrowed down the location of the courthouse, that will accommodate three judges, to three potential sites including Block 148, Block 149 and Block 151/159.

“The authorization allows GSA to move forward on this courthouse identified by the federal judiciary as a priority in the FY16 Omnibus Spending Bill,” said Mike Goodwin, GSA Public Buildings Service Regional Commissioner for the Southeast Sunbelt region.

“This investment will help GSA support the judiciary’s mission while spurring local economic development.”

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially named its first geostationary weather satellite GOES-16 nearly 10 days after it launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket on Nov. 19.

Lockheed Martin-built GOES-16, previously known as GOES-R, has started to move into its geostationary checkout orbit after the satellite fielded instruments and is scheduled to become operational within a year once it completes checkout and validation procedures, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan said GOES-16’s instruments will scan the Earth to help NOAA issue weather forecasts and warnings.

GOES-16 is designed to provide satellite imagery every 30 seconds in order to help predict thunderstorms, hurricanes and other severe weather events.

The satellite lifted off with six instrument payloads that include a lightning mapper designed to predict storms, space weather sensors and a transponder that works to detect distress signals.

GOES-16 is one of the four GOES-R series satellites that will work to provide geostationary coverage to NOAA through 2036 and will become part of the Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking system, an international satellite network that supports search-and-rescue missions.