The Senate voted 54-42 Thursday to confirm Danny Werfel, most recently managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group, as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service within the Department of the Treasury.
MoreEvelyn Wang, former Ford Professor of Engineering and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been confirmed by the Senate to serve as director of the
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The Senate confirmed Arati Prabhakar, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a previous Wash100 awardee, as director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy in
MoreThe Senate on Tuesday confirmed career prosecutor Steve Dettelbach as director of the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. President Joe Biden called the Senate’s move an “important
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Maj. Gen. Kevin Kennedy, director of operations at U.S. Cyber Command since July 2020, has received Senate approval to assume command of the information warfare-focused 16th Air Force, C4ISRNET reported Monday. He
MoreLt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, commander of the 16th Air Force, was confirmed by a voice vote in the Senate Thursday to become the next deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command, C4ISRNET reported
MoreFrank Calvelli, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, has received confirmation from the Senate to serve as assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition. He was nominated by
MoreKathi Vidal, a managing partner in the Silicon Valley office of law firm Winston & Strawn, was confirmed by the Senate in a voice vote Tuesday to become director of the U.S.
MoreNavy Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth III, director of intelligence at the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, received Senate approval Wednesday to serve as director of the National
MoreSamuel Walsh, an attorney who previously served as deputy general counsel for energy policy at the Department of Energy (DOE), received Senate confirmation by voice vote to serve as DOE's general counsel.
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