President Donald Trump has appointed Robert Blair, assistant to the president and senior adviser to interim White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, as the U.S. representative for international telecommunications policy.
MoreAllison Brigati, a former general counsel and director of strategic initiatives at the National Academy of Public Administration, has joined the General Services Administration as associate administrator for the Office of Government-wide Policy.
MoreTom Sullivan, acting chief of the Federal Communications Commission‘s International Bureau, will officially take over the post after his appointment by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. “He brings a tremendous depth and breadth
MoreBill Baer, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department‘s antitrust division, has been appointed to serve as interim associate attorney general effective April 17. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement posted Monday Baer led
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Dimitri Kusnezov, chief scientist at the Energy Department‘s National Nuclear Security Administration, has been nominated to the role of deputy administrator for defense programs at NNSA. President Barack Obama announced Kusnezovâs nomination
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Peter Levine, deputy chief management officer at the Defense Department, has been tapped to replace Brad Carson as the DoD acting undersecretary for personnel and readiness, Military Times reported Wednesday. Karen Jowers writes Levine
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Outgoing U.S. Special Operations Command Commander Gen. Joseph Votel has handed over the reins to successor Gen. Raymond Thomas during a change-of-command ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, DoD News reported Wednesday. Lisa Ferdinando writes
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Janine Davidson has began work as the U.S. Navy chief management officer and an undersecretary of the service branch after being sworn in to her new duties on March 22. The Navy said Monday Davidson’s new role
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Lorrie Cranor, a professor of computer science, engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, will join the Federal Trade Commission in January as the agency’s chief technologist. She will succeed Ashkan Soltani and
MoreJeffrey Chen, a data scientist in residence at Georgetown University, has joined the Commerce Department as its first-ever chief data scientist and will help efforts to meet the goals of the Commerce
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