Executive Moves

Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced Thursday his plan to resign from his post at the end of the year through a letter addressed to President Trump.

Douglas Loverro, former deputy assistant secretary for space policy at the Department of Defense, has been appointed associate administrator of NASA's human exploration and operations mission directorate.

The Senate voted 85-7 Wednesday to confirm Barbara Barrett, former chairwoman of The Aerospace Corp., as the new secretary of the Air Force, the service branch reported.

Northrop Grumman has announced that Jake Zimmerman, formerly of Accelera Solutions, has joined the company as a senior business development manager. 

Gordon Bitko, formerly chief information officer at the FBI, will join the Information Technology Industry Council as senior vice president of policy.

Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, formerly commander of the Cyber National Mission Force, assumed leadership of a newly created information warfare-focused numbered air force on Friday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland...

Millisa Gary, former procurement ombudsman at the General Services Administration, will go on to serve as program executive of AbilityOne, a government-led procurement effort to create more job opportunities for disabled Americans....

BayFirst Solutions announced on Wednesday that Thomas Payne, formerly of BAE Systems, will serve as the company’s first vice president and general manger to ensure quality delivery and sound business...

Aaron Weis, the newly appointed chief information officer of the Department of the Navy, has announced the appointment of Tom Sasala as chief data officer and Jane Rathbun as chief technology...

Bobby Braun, a former chief technologist of NASA, has been named leader of planetary exploration programs at the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory effective Jan. 15, Space News reported Wednesday. JPL Director Michael Watkins...