Author Archive
Jessie Bur
Executive Editor, Nextgov/FCW
Companies
Fed 100 deadline extended to Jan. 14, 2026
There is still time to get nominations in for the people that went above and beyond in federal IT this past year.
- By Jessie Bur
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