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Merrick Garland, a more than two-decade veteran of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, has emerged as President-elect Joe Biden's pick to be the next U.S. attorney general, Politico reported Wednesday. Garland most recently served as the DC Circuit chief judge and previously received a nomination to serve in the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016 under the Obama administration.

Troy Walter, a government information technology industry veteran with more than two decades of experience, has joined ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) as director of business development. His career includes time at General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) IT business, Digital Management and BAE Systems' U.S. subsidiary.

AT&T (NYSE: T) has won a potential $92M contract to help the FBI access additional mobility services and increase the bureau's utilization of a nationwide broadband network the company built with the First Responder Network Authority. Stacy Schwartz, vice president of AT&T's FirstNet program, said the award serves as a testament to the law enforcement-specific attributes of the network.

Latarshia Crawford-Jones, a more than two-decade public and private sector veteran, has been appointed vice president for the Department of Justice business at McLean, Virginia-based technical consulting firm Steampunk.

The U.S. intelligence community has initiated changes to its work operations to ensure continuity, meet mission needs and safeguard the health of its workforce amid the coronavirus pandemic, Government Executive reported Thursday.

Data analysts and other technology experts from a Thomson Reuters subsidiary collaborated with federal, state and local agencies to help rescue victims of human trafficking and arrest offenders during a Super Bowl crackdown in Florida, the Miami Herald reported. Thomson Reuters Special Services’ data analysts provided assistance by monitoring the traffickers’ communications on social media platforms.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Haywood “Woody” Talcove, chief executive officer of Government for LexisNexis Risk Solutions, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his efforts to create innovation technology solutions, advance the public safety’s mission and drive growth for the company. 

Phyllis Schneck, a veteran cybersecurity leader, will assume the role of vice president and chief information security officer of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), starting Oct. 14.

Melvin Greer, chief data scientist at Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), has been appointed fellow-in-residence and senior adviser to the FBI’s information technology applications and data division.

Representatives from several technology companies held a meeting Wednesday with government officials at Facebook’s (Nasdaq: FB) Menlo Park, Calif.-based headquarters to discuss how to facilitate information sharing and detect threats in order to protect the 2020 U.S. elections from potential foreign interference, the New York Times reported Wednesday.