Executive Moves

Keith Hardiman, who has served as acting deputy chief information officer at the Department of the Air Force, has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis within the...

Los Alamos National Laboratory appointed Charles Nakhleh as deputy laboratory director for weapons, effective April 1. Nakhleh will succeed Robert Webster, who is stepping down from the deputy director role...

Joseph Jewell has been sworn in as assistant secretary of war for science and technology, taking on a key role overseeing the Pentagon’s research priorities as the department accelerates efforts...

The Senate has confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., as DHS secretary in a 54-45 vote. Mullin will replace Kristi Noem, a Wash100 Award winner recently appointed as special envoy for...

Stacy Bostjanick, chief of defense industrial base cybersecurity in the Department of War's Office of the Chief Information Officer, will retire from federal service by the end of April after...

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Matthew Lennox has assumed command of the Cyber National Mission Force, succeeding Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock.The 2026 Cyber Summit on May 21 will bring...

Charles Worthington announced he will step down from his role as chief technology officer and chief artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs after several years overseeing digital...

Daniel Morgan, the Department of Transportation's inaugural chief data officer, has been appointed as DOT's chief product and technology officer and has joined the Senior Executive Service. 

The Department of Labor has appointed Mangala Kuppa as chief information officer. She held multiple executive roles at the department, including acting CIO and chief artificial intelligence officer.

Col. Becky Beers has been named acting chief information security officer at the Department of the Air Force.Sign up now to reserve your spot at the 2026 Air Space Summit!