Boeing, NSF Partner on $21M Effort to Deliver Training, Boost Diversity in STEM

Kenneth “Kenny” Robinson, a more than 14-year veteran of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has been promoted to vice president and chief diversity officer. His promotion is effective May 31 and he will hold the additional title of president at Northrop’s philanthropic organization, the company said Tuesday. Robinson will succeed Sandra Evers-Manly, who will retire from

President Joe Biden has issued a new memo that seeks to revitalize the workforce at national security and foreign policy agencies through the adoption of six core principles: modernization, transparency, integrity, diversity, service and accountability. The memo highlights the need for agencies to maintain their technological edge by addressing gaps in skills and mission-critical knowledge, hiring and retaining technical talent, establishing rewards and incentives for innovation and providing the workforce with new technologies and agile and adaptive organizational structures.

Richard Grenell, acting director of national intelligence, wrote a letter to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, in response to the lawmaker’s question over his legal authority to reorganize the Office of the DNI and the National Counterterrorism Center, The Washington Times reported Tuesday.