The position as first OER advisor for the U.S. Department of Education will be filled by Andrew Marcinek, a founder of EducatorU and a blogger on educational matters at http://andrewmarcinek.com/ . Check out the article in Campus Technology at http://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/09/21/department-of-ed-names-first-oer-advisor.aspx
Our previous post on this position from SPARC is here, http://oer.hawaii.edu/u-s-department-of-education-to-hire-open-education-advisor-for-k-12/.