Acquisition

Rising Star: Sunil Sadasivan

Senior Engineering Lead, Nava Public Benefit Corporation

Acquisition

Rising Star: Daisy O. James

Project Manager, Enterprise Services, Office of Information and Technology, Passenger Systems Program Directorate, Customs and Border Protection

Acquisition

Rising Star: Oki Mek

Chief Product Officer, Division of Acquisition, Department of Health and Human Services

Acquisition

Rising Star: Nicholas Holtz

Digital Services Expert and Appeals Team Lead, U.S. Digital Service at the Department of Veterans Affairs

Acquisition

Rising Star: Capt. Keely J. Carrigan

Operations Flight Commander, 707th Communications Squadron, U.S. Air Force

Acquisition

Rising Star: Combiz Richard Abdolrahimi

Global Emerging Technology and Innovation Strategist, Senior Advisor Manager, Government and Public Services, Deloitte

Acquisition

Rising Star: Henry Sowell

CIO, Hortonworks Federal, and Technical Director, Hortonworks

Acquisition

Rising Star: Qituwra Anderson

Content Designer, 18F, Technology Transformation Services, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration

Acquisition

Rising Star: Akoua Enow

Management and Program Analyst, Office of Information Technology, Transportation Security Administration

Acquisition

Rising Star: Michael B. Cox

Data Scientist and Team Lead for Internet of Things, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Acquisition

Rising Star: Drew Zachary

Program Director, Opportunity Project, and Co-Managing Director, Census Open Innovation Labs, Census Bureau, Commerce Department

Acquisition

Rising Star: Taylor Roberts

Cybersecurity Advisor, Office of Management and Budget

Acquisition

Rising Star: Capt. Anthony N. Rodriguez

Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the 24th Air Force, U.S. Air Force

Cybersecurity

DHS Cyber Unit Fields False Alarms But No Hacks on Election Day

Incidents flagged as potential attacks turned out to be malfunctions or accidents, according to Homeland Security officials.

Cybersecurity

NIST Wants to Make PIV Cards Work for Smartphones in Two Years

The effort mirrors a Pentagon plan to improve identity verification on mobile devices.

Modernization

Cloud, cars and IoT could change grid cybersecurity

The proliferation of connected devices including electric cars could provide grid operators with an operational view of cybersecurity threats.

Digital Government

On Election Day, DHS isn't seeing coordinated efforts to hack the vote

The Department of Homeland Security is monitoring voting nationwide from an operations center that includes representatives from states, political parties and federal law enforcement.