Executive Moves

Laurie Buckhout has been named deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy at the Office of the Secretary of Defense.The Department of Defense said Monday Buckhout was officially appointed on...

President Donald Trump has nominated Karen Evans, a senior Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official, to serve as under secretary for management at the Department of Homeland Security.Congress received and...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has appointed Joe Maletta as acting senior procurement executive and executive director of its Office of Acquisition and Logistics.Announcing his appointment in a LinkedIn post,...

President Donald Trump has nominated Katherine Sutton, a cyber policy and technology expert, to serve as assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy.Congress received Sutton's nomination for the Department of...

James Schmidt, a seasoned educator, has been selected as the new president of James Madison University.The university said Wednesday Schmidt was appointed by the JMU Board of Visitors as the seventh president...

The Senate on Tuesday voted 74-25 to confirm Michael Kratsios, a two-time Wash100 Award winner, as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP.Kratsios' confirmation...

The Senate has confirmed Jayanta Bhattacharya as the next director of the National Institutes of Health by a vote of 53 to 47. He is set to take over as...

Greg Autry has been nominated by President Donald Trump for chief financial officer at NASA on March 24.The agency said Tuesday NASA acting administrator Janet Petro issued a statement announcing the nomination....

Catherine Eschbach has been named director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs in the U.S. Department of Labor.The Labor Department said Monday Eschbach will be responsible for overseeing the...

National Science Foundation Chief Information Officer Terry Carpenter has retired, Nextgov/FCW reported Friday.CIO Since January 2024Carpenter stepped down from his position at the end of February. He had headed the...