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Executive Spotlight With AFS Chief Executive John Goodman, Novetta CEO Tiffanny Gates

Last week, ExecutiveBiz released its latest Executive Spotlight interview featuring both John Goodman, chief executive for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), and Novetta CEO Tiffanny Gates, who are both recent 2021 Wash100 Award recipients, following the news that AFS will be...

Kathleen Hicks: DOD Requests Budget Centered on Tech Innovation

Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the Pentagon's defense budget request features many experimentation projects across the service branches, DOD News reported Monday. Hicks said virtually at the recent Defense One Tech...

ODNI Absorbs National Intelligence University; Avril Haines Quoted

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has taken over the stewardship of Bethesda, Maryland-based National Intelligence University (NIU), the only accredited federal degree-granting institution of the intelligence community.  NIU's organizational transition from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)...

DOD Reviews Definition of ‘Prohibited Extremist Activities’ Among Troops; Gen. Lloyd Austin Quoted

The White House National Security Council released the National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism and the Department of Defense (DOD) is now assessing and updating its definition of “prohibited extremist activities” among uniformed service members in line with the strategy,...

House Lawmakers Want CISA to Take Tougher Approach to Critical Infrastructure’s Cybersecurity; DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Quoted

House lawmakers have called on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to take a more robust approach to oversee the cybersecurity posture of critical infrastructure amid recent ransomware attacks, Federal News Network reported Thursday. Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the Department...

HHS Creates $80M Program to Build Up Public Health IT Workforce; Secretary Xavier Becerra Quoted

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has received $80 million in funds through the American Rescue Plan for a program that seeks to train over 4,000 individuals in public health informatics and technology fields over a period of...

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