Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the committee’s vice chairman, have called on leaders of intelligence agencies and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to designate an official to oversee the country’s response to the SolarWinds cyber incident.
Read More »Executive Mosaic Names 2021 Wash100 Award Recipients; Cast Your 10 Votes TODAY
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, has announced the recipients of the 2021 Wash100 Award. “We are thrilled to honor the winners of the 2021 Wash100 Award, said Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic. With the announcement, Executive Mosaic will begin to accept votes for this year’s Popular Vote Rankings.
Read More »Avril Haines Named White House Deputy Nat’l Security Adviser
CIA Deputy Director Avril Haines will succeed Antony Blinken as deputy national security adviser to President Barack Obama after Blinken’s Senate confirmation as deputy secretary of state, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Jonathan Allen reports that Haines has previously advised the president as deputy counsel for national security at the Office of the White House Counsel before she …
Read More »Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell to Retire in August, Avril Haines Named Successor
Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell, who led the agency on an acting basis prior to John Brennan’s confirmation in March, will retire from the agency Aug. 9 after a 33-year career, the agency said Wednesday. The White House announced Avril Haines, White House deputy counsel for national security affairs, will …
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