Executive Moves

Two South Dakota public officials will leave their current roles and take on different positions at the Department of Homeland Security. David Flute, secretary of the state’s Department of Tribal...

The Department of the Air Force has appointed Scott Heitmann, acting chief technology officer, as permanent CTO within its Office of the Chief Information Officer.Heitmann announced his promotion in a...

Sethuraman Panchanathan announced his decision to resign as director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, effective April 24.In a statement released by NSF Thursday, Panchanathan expressed his gratitude to Presidents Donald...

Ha Nguyen McNeill, has been appointed acting administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, former Arizona Sen. Chris Cummiskey shared on LinkedIn Wednesday.Who Is Ha Nguyen McNeill?The seasoned national and homeland security...

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency senior advisers Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek announced that they are resigning from their roles at CISA, Nextgov/FCW reported Monday.“While CISA’s approaches to Secure by...

Paul Atkins, who previously served as a Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008, was sworn in on Monday as the 34th chairman of SEC following his confirmation...

Navy Secretary John Phelan has announced that Brett Seidle, a Senior Executive Service member for nearly a decade, will be performing the duties of the under secretary of the Navy.In...

Dean Ball shared on LinkedIn Wednesday that he has been named senior policy adviser on artificial intelligence and emerging technology at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.Dean Ball’s...

Alvin “Tony” Plater, the Department of the Navy's chief information security officer, has retired from federal service after nearly a decade at DON.In a LinkedIn post announcing his retirement, he...

Battelle, the company managing Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the Department of Energy, will search for a new PNNL director, as its incumbent, Steven Ashby, steps down for a new...