Executive Moves

Melanie Krause has been appointed acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.The Department of the Treasury said Tuesday Krause will succeed IRS Deputy Commissioner Doug O’Donnell who is retiring on Feb. 28....

Vanessa Wyche, former director of the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, has been named acting associate director at NASA’s Washington headquarters. Janet Petro, the agency’s acting administrator who announced...

David Gooder is set to step down as commissioner for trademarks in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at the conclusion of his five-year term on Feb. 28. USPTO said Monday Dan Vavonese,...

Pavan Pidugu was sworn in as the Department of Transportation's new chief information officer.DOT said Tuesday Pavan previously served as chief technology officer of its Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,...

Senate has confirmed Kashyap Patel as director of the FBI. On Thursday, lawmakers voted 51-49 in favor of appointing Patel as head of the investigative agency, Senate.gov reported. All Democrats and...

The Senate on Wednesday voted 52-46 to confirm Kelly Loeffler, a former senator from Georgia, as head of the Small Business Administration. In this capacity, Loeffler will lead a cabinet-level...

Jim Free, associate administrator at NASA, is set to retire on Feb. 22 after three decades of service.The agency said Wednesday Free will step down as the senior advisor to Janet Petro, NASA’s...

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Howard Lutnick, most recently chairman and CEO of investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, as the 41st secretary of the Department of Commerce in a 51-45 vote.The...

Shantrell Collier shared on LinkedIn Sunday that she has been named deputy chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Justice.Who Is Shantrell Collier?Collier is a retired sergeant major of the U.S....

Kimberly Ziegler, a senior procurement analyst at the Department of Defense’s DARS, short for Defense Acquisition Regulations System, has been named as acting director of the DOD unit for six...