John Hewitt Jones

John is the managing editor of FedScoop, and was previously a reporter at Institutional Investor in New York City. He has a master’s degree in social policy from the London School of Economics and his writing has appeared in The Scotsman and The Sunday Times of London newspapers.

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The IRS Service Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington DC. (Image credit: iStock / Getty Images).

IRS must improve oversight of third-party cybersecurity, watchdog says

Modernization

The US Department of State building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (Photo by ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)

State Department providing extra cyber-supply chain risk training for 150 contracting officers

Acquisition

Small Business Administration headquarters. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

SBA pauses applications for 8(a) business program

Acquisition

G. Nagesh Rao, deputy director of the Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership at NIST. (Image credit: Department of Commerce)

NIST appoints G. Nagesh Rao as deputy director of Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Workforce

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – OCTOBER 20: Director of DARPA, Arati Prabhakar, (L) and coanchor of CNBCs Squawk Alley, Jon Fortt, speak onstage at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 20, 2016 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

White House science adviser defends ‘conflicting’ AI frameworks released by Biden admin

AI

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 27: Committee ranking member Rep. James Comer (R-KY) attends a House Oversight Committee hearing titled Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manufacturers in the Rayburn House Office Building. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).

House Oversight lawmakers to probe State Department email hack

Cyber

The entrance to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

FDIC watchdog finds agency failed to hold full inventory of cloud assets

Cyber

Cannon House Office Building Rotunda, Congress, Capitol Hill — The Cannon House Office Building Rotunda. (Architect of the Capitol / Flickr)

House appropriators propose $1.9B for VA electronic health record in 2024

Modernization

Department of Veterans Affairs — (Veterans Health / Flickr)

VA special salary rate for tech and cybersecurity staff takes effect

Workforce