Profile: Jon Zeff, the civil servant overseeing the Murdoch Sky bid This describes his new responsibilities as flexible resourcing and policy delivery, broadband, spectrum, mobile telecoms, digital TV switchover, BBC issues and oversight of press and communications. Adam Smith, the special adviser who resigned over his contact with News Corp, says Mr Zeff was one of the other officials "providing information to and receiving information from" Frederic Michel, the company's chief lobbyist. During Tony Blair's government, Mr Zeff's team at the department was responsible for overseeing the Communications Act, which relaxed media ownership laws. The bill had a controversial "Murdoch" clause that would supposedly allow Rupert Murdoch or other newspaper owners to buy a terrestrial TV channel. Channel Five was eventually bought by Richard Desmond, the owner of the Express newspapers. Mr Zeff has worked for DCMS for more than a decade, in policy and as head of the national lottery division. He previously worked in the former employment department and department for trade and industry.