WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano was named to the newly created position of CEO of the IRS on Monday, making him the latest member of the Trump administration to be put in charge of multiple federal agencies. As IRS CEO, Bisignano will report to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who currently serves as acting commissioner of the …
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‘I’ll be damned if that’s the story we write’: Acting NASA Administrator Duffy vows not to lose moon race to China
NASA’s acting administrator is pushing back against recent claims that the agency is losing ground to China in the race back to the moon. Sean Duffy addressed employees in an internal NASA town hall last week, just one day after Senate testimony suggested that China may land astronauts at the lunar south pole before the U.S. does so. “I’ll be …
Read More »Office of Public Affairs | “LockerGoga,” “MegaCortex,” and “Nefilim” Ransomware Administrator Charged with Ransomware Attacks
Earlier today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed a superseding indictment charging Volodymyr Viktorovich Tymoshchuk — also known as deadforz, Boba, msfv, and farnetwork — a Ukrainian national, with serving as an administrator in the LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Nefilim ransomware schemes. “Volodymyr Tymoshchuk is charged for his role in ransomware schemes that extorted more …
Read More »New FAA administrator wants to modernize U.S. air traffic, ‘unleash drone dominance’ – Aerospace America
New FAA administrator wants to modernize U.S. air traffic, ‘unleash drone dominance’ Aerospace America FAA administrator calls out ‘obsolescence’ in air traffic control technology FedScoop FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford on Modernization, Agency Challenges, and the Need to Act Quickly Dronelife US Transportation Chief to Meet With Airline CEOs on Air Traffic Reform, Sources Say U.S. News & World Report Looking for air traffic control …
Read More »NASA names exploration official as associate administrator
WASHINGTON — NASA has named Amit Kshatriya as its new associate administrator in a move meant to emphasize the role of exploration at the agency. NASA announced Sept. 3 that its acting administrator, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, appointed Kshatriya to the post, the agency’s top-ranking civil service job. The position had been filled on an acting basis since early this …
Read More »Indian-American veteran named NASA’s associate administrator. Who is he? | World News
A decorated Indian-American Amit Kshatriya has been named as NASA’s new ‘exploration-focussed’ associate administrator, the US space agency announced here. In his new role, Amit Kshatriya serves as the highest-ranking civil servant at the agency and as a senior advisor to acting NASA administrator Sean P Duffy.(nasa.gov) Kshatriya, a 20-year NASA veteran, was most recently the deputy in charge of …
Read More »Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy says the agency will ‘move aside’ from climate sciences to focus on exploring moon and Mars
NASA’s acting Administrator Sean Duffy says the agency will step back from climate science to focus on space exploration — highlighting a growing shift in the agency’s overall mission. The remarks echo President Trump’s NASA budget proposal, which seeks steep cuts to NASA’s Earth science initiatives, potentially putting several key missions at risk and raising concerns among researchers about gaps …
Read More »Pam Bondi names DEA administrator as ’emergency’ DC police chief
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi further cemented the Trump administration‘s takeover of D.C. law enforcement Thursday by shifting decision-making authority from its police chief and handing it to the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. In an interview on Fox News, Bondi previewed an order by the Justice Department naming DEA head Terry Cole as “emergency police commissioner” of …
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