President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to nominate Senate Armed Services Committee Republican staffer Olivia Trusty to the FCC seat current Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel will vacate on Monday. Multiple former FCC officials and communications sector lobbyists told us they expected Trump would also announce Arielle Roth, the Senate Commerce Committee's Republican telecom policy director, as his pick for NTIA administrator as soon as Thursday. A range of ex-FCC officials and other observers previously tipped Trusty and Roth as the top contenders for the Rosenworcel seat.