Executive Moves

Longtime MDA executive Holly Johnson has been promoted to the role of vice president of robotics and space operations at the space technology company.Building on her experience at MDA in roles such...

James Murray, director of the U.S. Secret Service since May 2019, will retire from the agency after a 27-year career.Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and previous...

Sarah Kapnick, a former deputy division leader and research physical scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been appointed to serve as chief scientist of the scientific and...

Allen Hill, a Federal Acquisition Service official at the General Services Administration, was tapped to become the chief information officer of the Federal Communications Commission on Aug. 1, Federal News...

Jack Hess has been promoted from chief operating officer to president of public sector-serving information technology company Spry Methods.With extensive experience in both federal law enforcement and government contracting, Hess is...

Mark Livingston, a four-decade government service veteran, took on a new role as assistant director of personnel security at the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. He will lead efforts to...

Cybersecurity software company Netskope has introduced a company faction responsible for advising on issues of security and how shifts in network, applications and data affect infrastructure functionality.The group, called the Netskope...

The Department of Agriculture announced that George Sears, director of the U.S. Forest Service Office of Procurement and Property Services, has been appointed to serve as director of the Office...

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt has formally assumed the program executive officer role at the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, succeeding Lt. Gen. Eric Fick, the program’s...

President Biden appointed Mike Gerber, a partner at asset management firm FS Investments, as the new chair of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. Gerber replaced David Jones, who served as...