Author Archive
Jessie Bur
Executive Editor, Nextgov/FCW

Acquisition
Trump orders major changes to rules covering $1T in federal spending
The Tuesday mandate — which aims to streamline the way government buys goods and services — was accompanied by a second order requiring agencies to predominantly use commercial products, rather than custom-built.
- By Natalie Alms, Ross Wilkers and Jessie Bur
People
2025 Government Eagle Award: Venice Goodwine
Goodwine's career has wound through military, industry, academia and government.
- By Jessie Bur
People
2025 Industry Eagle Award: Arun Gupta
Gupta has made it his mission to break down the silos between government, academia and venture capital to bring the best of all three worlds to bear on some of the biggest challenges facing our nation.
- By Jessie Bur
People
Announcing the 2025 Federal 100
Meet the 100 people that made outstanding contributions to government last year.
- By Jessie Bur
People
Submit your Fed100 nominations by Jan. 7
We’re approaching the final few days to nominate your colleagues in the federal tech space for exemplary work in 2024.
- By Jessie Bur
People
Fed 100 deadline extended to Jan. 7, 2025
You have a little extra time to get nominations in for federal IT superstars from the past year.
- By Jessie Bur
People
Nominations are open for the 2025 Fed100 awards
The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31, 2024.
- By Jessie Bur
Artificial Intelligence
The Rise of the Chief AI Officer
In the year since the White House required agencies to name a CAIO, the people holding those positions have been responsible for many efforts and innovations that draw on advances in artificial intelligence.
- By Jessie Bur
People
Rising Stars nominations extended until August 30
Nominations for the 2024 Rising Stars program are being extended to help showcase some of the best up-and-coming talent in government.
- By Jessie Bur
Artificial Intelligence
ACLU warns of free-speech risks in FEC oversight of AI-generated election ads
The civil liberties group expressed concern over a possible Federal Election Commission rulemaking that would call out content generated by artificial intelligence in the agency’s regulations on fraudulent misrepresentation.
- By Alexandra Kelley and Jessie Bur
People
Raylene Yung exits TMF
Jessie Posilkin, currently the Technology Modernization Fund's customer experience portfolio director, will take over as acting executive director until a permanent candidate is selected.
- By Frank Konkel and Jessie Bur
Featured eBooks
Podcasts
Critical Update: Gaming the (Solar) System
Advances in virtual reality and graphics processing have led NASA to partner with gamers on the path to preparing astronauts for a mission to Mars.
- By Jessie Bur
Podcasts
Critical Update: Where the Final Frontier Meets Your Front Door
NASA invents a lot of cool and cutting edge technology to make space exploration possible—tech that often ends up pretty close to home as well.
- By Jessie Bur
Emerging Tech
Webb Proves a Remarkable Technological Successor to Hubble
The first pictures NASA released from the James Webb Space Telescope demonstrate—in brilliant color—the advancements made in the technology.
- By Jessie Bur