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FCC taps Farhan Khan as CIO

The former FDA digital chief will oversee IT strategy, modernization and security across the commission.

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VA’s former EHR lead indicted for concealing contractor gifts

The Department of Justice alleges that John Windom accepted and sometimes demanded various gifts while helming the electronic health record modernization at Veterans Affairs.

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Agency data leads worry about staff capacity to tackle statutory requirements, survey finds

The Data Foundation found that some 40% of chief data officers lost six or more employees last year.

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Trump names CEOs, nuclear fusion founders and Nobel laureate to tech advisory council

The announcement includes 13 of the possible 24 members that will make up the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

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Inspector general group to be led by former Trump administration adviser

A government oversight organization said that the selection of Cheryl Mason, who is the inspector general for the Veterans Affairs Department, shows the White House is “putting more of a thumb on the scale” of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.

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New NSA director pushes for more intel-sharing with allies in internal meeting

Gen. Josh Rudd also told members of NSA and Cyber Command that the organizations should still focus on major cyber adversaries like Russia and China, despite the Trump administration’s emphasis on the southern border.

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‘No practical use': TSA experts say Trump’s ICE deployments won’t help with airport security

More than 400 TSA employees have left the agency since the shutdown began last month, White House says.

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Counterterrorism center head resigns over Iran war

Joe Kent said Iran “posed no imminent threat to our nation” and he could not support the ongoing war.

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Lawmakers seek watchdog probe into former acting CISA chief’s polygraph failures

A letter penned by House Democrats indicates CISA’s former acting director failed a second polygraph examination during his tenure.

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VA’s top tech and AI official announces departure

VA Chief Technology Officer and Chief AI Officer Charles Worthington, who first joined the agency in 2017, said in a LinkedIn post that “the time is right for me to step down” from the agency.

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DOJ clears the way for government to hire technologists still connected to their private sector employers

Ethics experts and public sector lawyers told Nextgov/FCW that they are skeptical about the arrangement of private sector technologists joining the government on leaves of absence while retaining their deferred compensation packages.

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SEWP’s long-tenured leader is calling it a career

Before leaving government, Joanne Woytek is giving herself enough time to see the popular IT contract's next iteration through protests and into launch.

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Senate confirms Josh Rudd to lead NSA and Cyber Command

The foreign eavesdropping agency and digital combatant command have not had a permanent leader in place for the past 11 months.

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Mullin’s appointment to lead DHS raises questions about future of CISA

Following months of turmoil, Kristi Noem’s exit leaves uncertainty around DHS’s cyber mission, after CISA faced hefty workforce cuts and still contends with a leadership vacuum.

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DOD names James “Aaron” Bishop to serve as CISO

Bishop previously served as CISO for the Air Force and as the CISO and VP at Science Applications International Corporation before that.

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NIST director nominee commits to support AI standards-setting, manufacturing

Arvind Raman told lawmakers that it is “vitally important” that the U.S. lead in global standards-setting so that the country’s values are entrenched in AI development.

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Trump to fire DHS Secretary Noem, selects Mullin as successor

The controversial Homeland Security leader will end her tenure amid a budget shutdown of her agency and following bipartisan criticism in both houses of Congress.

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Trump’s CISA nominee said he left Coast Guard to address GOP hold

Sean Plankey confirmed the intent to Nextgov/FCW and said he’s “prepared to lead the nation’s cyber defense agency to protect the federal civilian networks and our nation’s critical infrastructure from physical and cyber attacks.”

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Trump’s CISA nominee to exit Coast Guard role, but still in running to lead cyber agency

Sean Plankey has been serving in a Coast Guard advisory role for some months and is still set to be the nominee to lead CISA.