President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing the federal government to launch an initiative to drive the adoption of small modular nuclear reactor technology across national defense and space exploration programs.
Read More »Letitia ‘Tish’ Long Receives Her Second Wash100 Award
Letitia “Tish” Long, chairwoman of the board of directors for Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), was presented her second Wash100 Award by the CEO of Executive Mosaic Jim Garrettson on Thursday. Executive Mosaic congratulates INSA and Letitia Long for her 2020 Wash100 Award. For this year’s honor, Long has continued her efforts to advance the latest research initiatives in the federal sector
Read More »Executive Order Sets Nine Principles for Federal Adoption of AI
President Donald Trump signed Thursday an executive order to guide agencies on the adoption of artificial intelligence to facilitate the delivery of services to U.S. citizens and promote public trust in AI. The executive order establishes nine common principles for the design, development, use and acquisition of AI: lawful; accurate, reliable and effective; purposeful and performance-driven; accountable; transparent; regularly monitored; responsible and traceable; understandable; safe, secure and resilient.
Read More »Trump to Appoint Basil Parker as Federal CIO
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his intent to appoint Basil Parker, chief of staff at the Office of Personnel Management, as administrator of the office of electronic government at the Office of Management and Budget.
Read More »Report: Federal CISO Grant Schneider to Join Law Firm Venable
Federal Chief Information Security Officer Grant Schneider will step down from his position by the end of this month after a nearly 27-year government career and move to Washington, D.C.-based law firm Venable as senior director of cybersecurity services, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.
Read More »Trump Admin to Block Agencies From Contractors Using Products From Five Chinese Firms
The White House plans to complete this week regulations that would ban U.S. government agencies from procuring goods and services from contractors that use telecommunications equipment and other products from five China-based companies, Reuters reported Thursday.
Read More »Defense Contractors Ask Government to Backfill DoD Money Used to Cover COVID-19 Expenses
The CEOs of eight defense contractors wrote separate letters to the White House and the Department of Defense saying that the money sourced from DoD’s budget to help companies retain highly skilled employees during the COVID-19 pandemic should be replaced with new funds to prevent military modernization programs from being jeopardized, Reuters reported Thursday.
Read More »Robert Shea Promoted to Grant Thornton Nat’l Managing Principal for Public Policy
Robert Shea, principal of the strategy practice within Grant Thornton’s public sector arm, has been promoted to national managing principal for public policy in a move that would take effect on Aug. 1.
Read More »Suzette Kent to Step Down as Federal CIO
Suzette Kent, federal chief information officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, will leave her current post in July, The Hill reported Thursday.
Former NASA CFO David Radzanowski Joins Aerospace Corp. as Finance Chief
David Radzanowski, a former chief financial officer of NASA, has succeeded Ellen Beatty as CFO of The Aerospace Corp.
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