Executive Moves

The Senate on Tuesday voted 61-35 to confirm Bradley Hansell, a national security expert, to be the next under secretary of defense for intelligence and security, or USD I&S.Hansell replaces...

The Senate voted 51–46 Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trump’s nomination of Aaron Lukas as principal deputy director at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Tulsi Gabbard, ODNI’s...

Leslie Beavers, a previous Wash100 awardee, will step down from her position as the Department of Defense’s principal deputy chief information officer by the end of September after over three...

Michael Rigas has assumed the responsibilities of acting administrator at the General Services Administration. In an email sent to agency employees Monday, Rigas said Stephen Ehikian, who previously served as...

Makenzie Lystrup, director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, will officially leave the agency on Aug.1. She will be succeeded by deputy center director Cynthia Simmons in an acting capacity,...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed by voice vote Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, as direct reporting program...

Sonya Ebright, a retired Navy captain, is now the acting director of the Defense Contract Management Agency.Who Is Sonya Ebright?Ebright, the DCMA deputy director since May 2022, took over Thursday...

The Senate on Tuesday voted 52-47 to confirm Joseph Edlow as the new director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and he will replace Ur Mendoza Jaddou, who resigned...

President Donald Trump has nominated Gen. Thomas Bussiere to serve as the U.S. Air Force's vice chief of staff and Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton as the U.S. Space Force's vice...

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has named Vishal Giare as the head of its air and missile defense sector. In his new role, he will lead the laboratory’s efforts in...