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Jessie Bur

Executive Editor, Nextgov/FCW

Jessie Bur
Jessie Bur is Nextgov/FCW's executive editor. She has been covering technology and government for the past eight years and graduated from James Madison University.
Companies

Nominations are open for the 2026 Fed100 awards

The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31, 2025.

  • By Jessie Bur
Companies

Salesforce launches new business unit for national security customers

Missionforce represents a “deepening” of services and relationships with defense, intelligence and aerospace agencies, according to Kendall Collins, who has been appointed CEO of Government Cloud, including the new business unit.

  • By Jessie Bur
Contracts

Trump orders structural changes to rules covering $1T in federal spending

The Tuesday mandate — which aims to streamline the way government buys goods and services — was accompanied by a second order requiring agencies to predominantly use commercial products, rather than custom-built.

  • By Natalie Alms, Ross Wilkers and Jessie Bur
Companies

Announcing the 2025 Federal 100

Meet the 100 people that made outstanding contributions to government last year.

  • By Jessie Bur
Companies

Fed 100 deadline extended to Jan. 7, 2025

You have a little extra time to get nominations in for federal IT superstars from the past year.

  • By Jessie Bur
Companies

Nominations are open for the 2025 Fed100 awards

The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31, 2024.

  • By Jessie Bur
Contracts

Webb proves a remarkable technological successor to Hubble

The first pictures NASA released from the James Webb Space Telescope demonstrate—in brilliant color—the advancements made in the technology.

  • By Jessie Bur