FishbowlDC has confirmed that Erin Billings has resigned from her post at Roll Call. Currently the publication’s deputy editor, Billings has been with Roll Call for nearly a decade. She joined the paper’s team in 2001 as a staff writer and in 2004 became a senior writer covering House and Senate leadership. Prior to joining Roll Call, she worked as a statehouse reporter in Helena, Montana.

We understand that Billings has accepted another job but have not yet confirmed her next move. We’ll update as we find out more.

UPDATE: Billings is joining BGR Public Relations as vice president. BGR’s Jeff Birnbaum told FishbowlDC by email, “I could not be happier to have her here as we build a truly successful, Washington-based PR practice. She begins next month.”

Memo announcing Billings’s departure from Roll Call‘s Scott Montgomery after the jump.

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Erin Billings, Roll Call’s deputy editor, was on a media panel at an event Thursday sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce about women in government.

So far so good.

This is when everything fell apart. In the program, all speakers and panelists have little bios and pictures, and they’re all normal, except Billings –”her” picture is that of kooky Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.).

The red-headed scribe looks absolutely nothing like the dark-haired congresswoman. Congresswoman Billings was relieved to be mistaken for a female lawmaker as opposed to a male pol: “I guess it’s better to be mistaken for Michele Bachmann than another Minnesotan, like Al Franken. It was a women in government conference. I figure it’s important that they got my gender right.”

Roll Call‘s Charlie Mitchell announced today that Erin Billings has been promoted to deputy editor of the rag. Mitchell’s memo to staff below:

From: Charlie Mitchell
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009
To: RC Edit
Subject: Personnel Announcements

I am pleased to announce that Erin Billings will be assuming the title of deputy editor. This move reflects the outstanding job Erin has done as my senior editor for news content, the skills she has demonstrated as a manager and her commitment to constantly improving our newspaper and Web site.

Erin will continue to lead our House and Senate reporting team, while playing a key role in crafting Roll Call’s overall editorial strategy.

Please join me in congratulating Erin for a job well done and in wishing her all the best going forward.

Charlie Mitchell

NBC’s Meet the Press: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and a roundtable with former Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN), GOP strategist Mike Murphy, Vanity Fair’s Dee Dee Myers and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough

ABC’s This Week: OMB Director Peter Orszag, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and a roundtable with Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg, Karl Rove, The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel and ABC’s George Will

CBS’ Face the Nation: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel

Fox News Sunday: Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)

CNN’s State of the Union: Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, CNBC’s Suze Orman and Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)

CNN’s Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz: GWU professor of media and public affairs Steve Roberts, CNN’s Stephen Hayes and Barbara Starr, political analyst and author Keli Goff and former NY Post gossip columnist Liz Smith

Bloomberg’s Political Capital with Al Hunt: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Bloomberg’s Lizzie O’Leary, Julianna Goldman, Ellen Pinchuk, Kate O’Beirne and Margaret Carlson

Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: WaPo’s Dan Balz, NYT’s Peter Baker and ABC’s Martha Raddatz

Roll Call TV with Robert Traynham: former House Republican Leader Tom DeLay and Roll Call’s Erin Billings, Lauren Whittington and Emily Pierce

An internal notice, obtained by FishbowlDC:

Several staff shifts to announce: First, Jessica Brady is moving from the Features position to the Leadership Team to help cover the Senate. She will work with Erin Billings and provide spot news coverage for the Web, as well as in-depth stories for the Web and paper. Ali McSherry will move full time into the Features role, promising even more Mug Shots for our thirsty readers. Ali will be working with Debbie Bruno. Finally, Tim Taylor has expressed a desire to learn the ins and outs of newspapering, and will move into the editorial assistant position to work with Debbie on features and other story assignments, and to work with the copy and production teams. These changes will formally take effect when the lame-duck sessions ends, but we are hoping to have people in their new roles by the week of Dec. 15.

Internal memos, obtained by FishbowlDC…

From Roll Call’s Charlie Mitchell:

I am pleased to announce that Associate Editor Erin Billings is shifting her focus to take over editing responsibilities for the online reporting team.

Jen Bendery and Tim Taylor will now report to Erin, who will be a key voice in the development of our overall plans for covering the Congressional leadership.

Erin will be leaving the Senate reporting team as she concentrates on
providing day-to-day (often minute-to-minute) leadership to our online news efforts. We all hate losing Erin the Reporter, but Erin the Editor is going to be a great leader and a critical player in Roll Call’s continued success.

In addition, Lauren Whittington and Paul Singer will also assume the
Associate Editor title. Lauren has rejoined Team Politics on a full-time basis and has been splitting responsibilities between editing and writing.

Her new title reflects the player/coach role that she has been playing and will continue to perform.

Likewise, Paul has assumed many responsibilities as our chief investigative reporter, and his new title reflects his evolving position as a leader of our overall investigative strategy. Paul has been and will be a key adviser and strategist for investigative pieces developed throughout the staff, and his new title formalizes this role.

I hope everyone will join me in congratulating Erin, Lauren and Paul for jobs well done — and for taking up new challenges that will help define the future of our great publication.

From The Hill’s Hugo Gurdon:

I’m very pleased to be able to tell you that we have hired Silla
Brush, formerly the lead congressional reporter at US News & World Report, to be our Business & Lobbying reporter covering taxes, corporate governance and Wall Street political intelligence. He will start in the newsroom on Monday, Oct. 20.

This hire is the first in a new phase of expansion that will add
extra depth to our news coverage, and further entrench The Hill’s big lead over rivals in covering the nexus of business and politics.

More great hires are in the pipeline, and I will let you know about
them soon.

Thanks, Hugo