Industry Leadership of the Year When the pandemic hit, Amazon Web Services had to “flex and change the way we operate,” said Teresa Carlson, head of the…

Federal Leadership of the Year The NSA has made the unprecedented move to telework in recent months — something the agency rarely did prior to COVID-19. CIO…

Federal Leadership of the Year COVID-19 has taught many people that a crisis can lead to creativity. For the Department of Defense, “the pandemic has been a…

Golden Gov: Executive of the Year As director of the Defense Innovation Unit, Mike Brown is responsible for helping the Department of Defense reach nontraditional innovators outside the…

Golden Gov: Executive of the Year David Shive has been the CIO of the General Services Administration going on six years, but he’s never had a year…

Golden Gov: Executive of the Year Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Department had roughly 10% of its workforce teleworking. For CIO Stuart McGuigan, his proudest moment…

Golden Gov: Executive of the Year Former CISA Director Chris Krebs had one of the toughest jobs in federal IT. Not only was he the leader of…

Golden Gov: Executive of the Year Department of Veterans Affairs CIO James Gfrerer likes to call the COVID-19 pandemic a “black swan” event in that it’s once-in-a-lifetime.…

Golden Gov: Executive of the Year Karen Evans became CIO of DHS, the largest civilian department in the federal government amid a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. But as a…

Golden Gov: Executive of the Year Moving most of the Department of Defense to telework might have seemed an unimaginable task nearly a year ago. But with…