President Joe Biden has expressed his intent to nominate W. Kimryn Rathmell, a physician-scientist oncologist and educator, to lead the National Cancer Institute. “The National Cancer Institute is central to the success of the
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Leaders of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees have unveiled the full list of members appointed to serve on an intergovernmental panel tasked with providing recommendations related to advances in emerging
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Ann Lewis, formerly chief technology officer at advisory firm Next Street, has been appointed director of the Technology Transformation Services at the General Services Administration. She previously served as senior adviser for
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Doug O’Donnell, the deputy commissioner for services and enforcement at the Internal Revenue Service, has been appointed to serve as acting head of the agency. Charles Rettig, the outgoing IRS commissioner, said
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The Department of Commerce has named 16 non-federal stakeholders to a body that will advise the Internet of Things Federal Working Group. Members of the newly formed IoT Advisory Board will help
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President Biden has nominated U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt to be the next deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber and nuclear. Lloyd Austin, secretary of defense and a
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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Michael Cederholm has received a nomination from President Biden to serve as the service branch’s deputy commandant for aviation. Cederholm, who serves as commanding general of the
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The Senate has voted to confirm Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla, who heads the U.S. Army’s 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, to be the next commander of the U.S.
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