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William Bookless, a former senior physicist at the Energy Department‘s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will be nominated by President Trump as principal deputy administrator at the National Nuclear Security Administration. He worked

Carla Provost, acting chief of the U.S. Border Patrol since April 2017, has been appointed to the position on a full-time basis. She has held various supervisory, management and leadership roles at Border

Vanessa Wyche, former director of the exploration integration and science directorate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, has been appointed as deputy director of the installation. NASA said Wednesday Wyche will assist JSC

  Joanne Collins Smee, federal acquisition service deputy commissioner and director of technology transformation services at the General Services Administration, will step down from her post by the end of this month.

Lori Diachin, deputy associate director for science and technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been appointed deputy chief of the Energy Department’s Exascale Computing Project in a move that will take

Jody Singer, deputy director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, has been appointed as the acting director of the research facility to replace Todd May, who recently retired from the space agency.

President Trump intends to nominate James Paul Gfrerer, an executive director at Ernst & Young, as assistant secretary for information and technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Gfrerer, a graduate of

Dave Powner, director for information technology issues at the Government Accountability Office, is stepping down from his position after 16 years with the agency, MeriTalk reported Monday. He helped GAO manage IT

Robert Wilkie, former undersecretary for personnel and readiness at the Defense Department, received Senate confirmation Monday to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs via a 86-9 vote, The Hill reported Monday. He