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Billy Mitchell

Billy Mitchell is Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of Scoop News Group’s editorial brands. He oversees operations, strategy and growth of SNG’s award-winning tech publications, FedScoop, StateScoop, CyberScoop, EdScoop and DefenseScoop.

After earning his journalism degree at Virginia Tech and winning the school’s Excellence in Print Journalism award, Billy received his master’s degree from New York University in magazine writing while interning at publications like Rolling Stone.

Reach him at billy.mitchell@scoopnewsgroup.com.

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Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Courtney Perdue discusses patient inquiries with another sailor at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Patient Relations office. Perdue, a native of Columbus, Georgia, says “We want patients to have the best patient experience possible here at Naval Hospital Jacksonville.” (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Sippel, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released).

Who’s really accountable for interoperability of DOD, VA e-health records?

Defense

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Exclusive: Kelly Olson lays out her priorities as new leader of GSA’s TTS

Acquisition

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Gov Actually Episode 27: Inside the Senate confirmation process

Tech

Dana Deasy at the 2018 Billington Cybersecurity Summit. (FedScoop)

DOD CIO Deasy: The CAC is here to stay ‘for the foreseeable future’

Tech

Senior Airman Zach Wilt, 49th Communications Squadron cyber operator, installs Microsoft Windows 10 to a laptop at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Nov. 1, 2017. (U.S. Air Force by Airman 1st Class Alexis P. Docherty)

DOD extends deadline for JEDI contract proposals to October

Defense

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Senators rail against ‘use it or lose it’ spending at end of September

Acquisition

cloud computing — (Getty Images)

DOD needs your help migrating agencies to milCloud 2.0

Defense

Robert Wilkie — Robert Wilkie, then the undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, speaks to a gathering of service members from each military branch about the importance of family readiness at the annual Department of Defense Family Readiness Awards, at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes, Arlington, Virginia, March 23, 2018. (Marine Corps / Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

Wilkie: VA and DOD ‘will be joined from the hip’ on EHR rollout

Defense

Genevieve Morris and HHS’s Ed Simcox as the 2017 Juniper Networks Government Innovation Forum. (FedScoop)

Head of new Veterans Affairs EHR modernization office suddenly resigns

Tech