The Senate on Thursday voted 51-47 to confirm Richard Topping as chief financial officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He was nominated for the VA post in February. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., who spoke
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The Alliance for Sustainable Energy has appointed Jud Virden as its president and the new director of the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, or NREL. Virden will replace Martin Keller
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The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee Arielle Roth to lead the National Telecommunications and Information Administration as assistant secretary of communications and information. On Wednesday, legislators voted 52-41 in favor of Roth’s
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The Senate on Tuesday voted 61-35 to confirm Bradley Hansell, a national security expert, to be the next under secretary of defense for intelligence and security, or USD I&S. Hansell replaces Dustin
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The Senate voted 51–46 Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trump’s nomination of Aaron Lukas as principal deputy director at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Tulsi Gabbard, ODNI’s head, welcomed
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Leslie Beavers, a previous Wash100 awardee, will step down from her position as the Department of Defense’s principal deputy chief information officer by the end of September after over three decades of
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Michael Rigas has assumed the responsibilities of acting administrator at the General Services Administration. In an email sent to agency employees Monday, Rigas said Stephen Ehikian, who previously served as acting administrator,
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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, NASA said
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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 manager for
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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
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