Executive Moves

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...

The National Science Foundation has appointed Clyde Richards, a U.S. Army veteran, as chief information officer.Richards announced his new position at NSF in a LinkedIn post.Before this position, Richards was...

David Cattler is set to retire as director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, effective Sept. 30.The DCSA said Monday will retire from public service, capping a 35-year career in the...

Dustin Gard-Weiss, who previously performed the duties of the under secretary of defense for intelligence and security, has been appointed as executive director of the CIA. The executive director role...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Jonathan Gould, most recently a partner at law firm Jones Day, as the new head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or...