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Seven years in the making, DHS's new cyber talent system boasts just one hire

Officials at the Department of Homeland Security say that change management efforts will help scale the Cybersecurity Talent Management System

  • By Natalie Alms

Meet Kessel Run’s newest chief of staff

Alissa Bookwalter took charge in April and plans to focus a lot of her energy on building a remote-first, diverse, and equitable tech workforce within (and outside of) the Air Force’s popular software factory.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

State Department taps assessment-based hiring process for data scientists

The department hit its applicant cap in one day after posting a job listing seeking 50 data scientists.

  • By Natalie Alms

Pentagon reorganizes industrial policy office to shore up defense firms, supply chain

The restructure gives two new deputies to the assistant secretary for industrial policy—and "dissolves" another.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber

Biden’s No. 2 defense industry policy official leaves post

It’s unclear why Jesse Salazar has left, the latest in a string of recent Pentagon departures.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber

C3 AI hires new defense & intelligence leader

This retired Army major general was most recently chief operating officer for the military's lead artificial intelligence organization.

  • By Ross Wilkers

How a social worker became the Defense Logistics Agency's first chief data and analytics officer

Under her leadership the agency is ‘just starting’ to really understand what it means to apply data as a strategic asset.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Air Force cyber lead selected to serve as Joint Staff CIO

She’ll need confirmation from the Senate to proceed.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Mitre's board adds intelligence community veteran Sue Gordon

The former principal deputy director of national intelligence joins nonprofit research-and-development firm's board.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Former Army development command leader joins Leidos

Leidos' most recent leadership hire is a three-decade Army veteran who most recently oversaw its command responsible for several initiatives for science, technology and research-and-development initiatives.

  • By Ross Wilkers

MIT lab director named as new Defense Science Board chair

The radar and missile defense expert officially assumed the advisory position this week.

  • By Brandi Vincent

DISA's assistant to the director to retire in April

Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee, the Defense Information Systems Agency's assistant to the director, is retiring this spring.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

The Pentagon shifts to maximum telework as omicron surges

The Pentagon is urging personnel to use maximum telework as coronavirus infections spike in the Washington, D.C. region.

  • By Lauren C. Williams
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