David Stegon

Contact David at david.stegon@fedscoop.com.
  • DHS Seeks CISO Executive Director

    DHS Seeks CISO Executive Director

    The Department of Homeland Security is looking for an executive director for its chief information security office. The job pays between $119,554 and $179,700 per year and is open for applications until June 4.

  • Navy Names Deputy Commander of Fleet Cyber Command

    Navy Names Deputy Commander of Fleet Cyber Command

    Rear Admiral Diane E. H. Webber will be assigned as deputy commander of the Navy’s Fleet Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Md., the Department of Defense announced Monday.

  • BLM Director to Retire

    BLM Director to Retire

    Bureau of Land Management Director Robert Abbey will retire at the end of May, the Department of Interior announced. Abbey will return to his family in Mississippi after three years leading the agency, ending a 34-year career of state and federal service.

  • FBI Names Assistant Director of IT Services Division

    FBI Names Assistant Director of IT Services Division

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation named Jennifer Sanchez as the assistant director of the Information Technology Services Division.

  • OMB Issues More Guidance to Cut Waste

    OMB Issues More Guidance to Cut Waste

    The Office of Management and Budget issued guidance on Friday to federal agencies to take additional actions to increase efficiency and strengthen accountability in the areas of travel, conferences, real estate and fleet management.

  • DOD, DHS Expanding Cyber Info Sharing Program

    DOD, DHS Expanding Cyber Info Sharing Program

    The Departments of Defense and Homeland Security are expanding a program where government shares cybersecurity information with members of the Defense Industrial Base handling sensitive government information.

  • Air Force Updates Social Media Guide

    Air Force Updates Social Media Guide

    The Air Force Public Affairs Agency has updated and revised its social media guide that focuses on all force members and their families.

  • Inside FCC’s 2013 FY Budget Request

    Inside FCC’s 2013 FY Budget Request

    Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski testified Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on the agency’s 2013 fiscal year resource needs.

  • Obama Nominates Next AF Chief of Staff

    Obama Nominates Next AF Chief of Staff

    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that President Obama has nominated Gen. Mark A. Welsh III to be the next chief of staff of the Air Force, succeeding Gen. Norton Schwartz, who has served in the position since August 2008.

  • Navy Releases NGEN RFP

    Navy Releases NGEN RFP

    The Navy released the request for proposal for its $4.5 billion Next Generation Enterprise Network contract on Wednesday.

  • DISA Director Joins Twitter

    DISA Director Joins Twitter

    Defense Information Systems Agency Director Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins is now on Twitter. Hawkins can be followed at @DISArdh.

  • GAO: SSA IT Modernization Needs Better Metrics

    GAO: SSA IT Modernization Needs Better Metrics

    The Social Security Administration needs to develop comprehensive metrics to effectively gauge the information technology modernization project it has undertaken the past decade, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report.