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TSA CIO, State senior procurement executive moving on

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With the news of federal employees facing a new round of layoffs, here are a few long-time federal employees heading out the door by choice.

Federal News Network has learned that Yemi Oshinnaiye, the chief information officer for the Transportation Security Administration, is leaving his role after more than three years.

Additionally, Mike Derrios, the senior procurement executive at the State Department since 2020, is retiring on Oct. 17.

Emails to TSA and State seeking comment were not returned.

Sources say Oshinnaiye is heading to industry where he will be the chief technology officer at Capgemini, a technology services company. His last day at TSA is today.

Yemi Oshinnaiye is leaving after more than three years as the TSA CIO.

Kristin Ruiz is TSA’s deputy CIO, but it’s unclear if she will take over as CIO on an interim basis.

This will be a return to the private sector for Oshinnaiye, who previously worked for federal contractors Electronic Data System and Dev Technology, as well as for several real estate-focused businesses.

He joined federal service in 2012 as an IT specialist for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service.

Oshinnaiye became the TSA CIO in 2022, where one of his top priorities was improving customer experience across all agency missions.

He also has been a big proponent of making artificial intelligence work for TSA. The agency invested in a chatbot called “TSA Answer Engine.” It is also using its “innovation lab” to advance new AI use cases. TSA established the lab headquarters last January.

A third priority for TSA has been around data. It is established a “domain name structure and architecture” for its data. Through this “data mesh” approach, TSA can more easily protect data based on specific domains, while allowing for sharing where it’s needed.

State’s Derrios is leaving federal service after more than 30 years of service. Sources say he has no specific plans to join another company in the short term.

During his tenure at State, Derrios led the effort to reshape the acquisition organization and its processes. He reorganized the acquisition shop around four lines of business to help agency customers get services from a consolidated and expert group of contracting professionals.

Michael Derrios is retiring after spending five years as the senior procurement executive at the State Department.

On LinkedIn, Derrios said he was responsible for management and oversight of a $12 billion annual spend portfolio for a global procurement. He lead a total domestic and overseas workforce of about 1,500 acquisition workers.

In addition, procurement planning efforts at State have seen significant changes, starting in 2023 and expanding in the years since. The agency redesigned its forecast tool to make it much more robust.

Derrios also pushed State to take more of a category management approach to buying common goods and services. He built data analytics tools to help the agency get a better idea of what their current portfolios look like, rather than relying on agencies to dig into their own systems and the Federal Procurement Data System just to get a retroactive view. His goal was to give State leaders a more concurrent picture, as close to real-time as possible.

Another big area of focus over the last few years has been to give State contracting officers and vendors more incentive and time to engage over performance. He said contractor performance assessment ratings (CPARs) are an underutilized tool.

Derrios began his career as a contracting officer for the Air Force in 1995. He worked for CACI for two years before returning to federal service in 2002 to work for TSA. He spent almost 14 years at TSA before becoming the head of contracting activity at the Coast Guard.

One more update on a recent federal technology executive who moved on: Winston Beauchamp, who left the Air Force in July after 10 years, recently joined Boeing as its vice president of intelligent systems.

Most recently, Beauchamp was the director of security, special program oversight and information protection and deputy CIO for the Air Force.

During his federal career, Beauchamp also worked in the Office of the Director for National Intelligence as the director of mission integration and for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

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Mainstream Media in Disbelief as Trump DOUBLES Expected Jobs Numbers – President Trump Takes Victory Lap After Adding 130,000 Jobs to US Economy

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US jobs numbers for February far exceeded expectations to start 2026.

President Trump doubled expectations adding 130,000 jobs when only 55,000 was expected.

The unemployment rate also decreased from 4.4% to 4.3% according to CNBC

President Trump: Just in: GREAT JOBS NUMBERS, FAR GREATER THAN EXPECTED! The United States of America should be paying MUCH LESS on its Borrowings (BONDS!). We are again the strongest Country in the World, and should therefore be paying the LOWEST INTEREST RATE, by far. This would be an INTEREST COST SAVINGS OF AT LEAST ONE TRILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR – BALANCED BUDGET, PLUS. WOW! The Golden Age of America is upon us!!! President DJT

From the president’s Truth Social account:
Tweet by Donald Trump discussing US job numbers, borrowing costs, interest rates, and a balanced budget, emphasizing America's strength and economic potential.

At what point can the American people sue the Federal Reserve Chief for his dereliction of duty? Jerome Powell is now costing every American untold amounts of money by refusing to do his job!

CNBC host Rick Santelli reacted positively:

Even CNN was forced to share the good economic news.

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Democrat Rep. Nadler Has to be Woken Up by Staffer During Bondi Hearing (VIDEO)

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A diverse group of lawmakers engaged in a congressional hearing, with individuals focused on their devices and discussions in a formal setting.

Democrat Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY) had to be woken up by a staffer on Wednesday morning during a congressional hearing.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Epstein files, fatal shootings of two anti-ICE agitators and more.

Nadler fell asleep just minutes into Wednesday’s hearing.

A staffer walked over to Nadler and woke him up.

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Later on during the hearing, Nadler and Bondi got into a shouting match over Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators.

“How many [co-conspirators] have you indicted?” Nadler asked Bondi.

“Excuse me! I’m going to answer!” Bondi said.

“Answer my question!” Nadler demanded.

“I’m gonna answer the question the way I want to answer the question. Your theatrics are ridiculous,” Bondi said.

“Chairman Jordan, I’m not gonna get into the gutter with these people,” Bondi said.

Bondi and Nadler continued to talk over each other until Chairman Jim Jordan intervened.

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Possible Trans Attack?- ‘Gunperson’ Wearing Dress Kills 9 and Injuries at Least 25 Others at Canadian School

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According to the Tumbler Ridge Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia left nine dead and at least 25 more injured.

According to police, the sole suspect, described as a “gunperson’ wearing a dress, was found dead inside the school from “a self-inflicted injury.”

Per CNN:

Police found six people dead and dozens injured when they arrived at the high school in Tumbler Ridge, a town of just 2,400 people in northeast British Columbia, early on Tuesday afternoon. Another person died en route to hospital, police said.

The alleged shooter, who was found dead at the school with a self-inflicted injury, is believed to have killed two more people, whose bodies were discovered at a home in the township

Two victims were airlifted from the school to hospital with serious or life-threatening injuries. And about 25 other people were also being treated at a local medical center, police said.

Fox News reported that Superintendent Ken Floyd, North District Commander, said in a statement,  “This was a rapidly evolving and dynamic situation, and the swift cooperation from the school, first responders, and the community played a critical role in our response.”

“Our thoughts are with the families, loved ones, and all those impacted by this tragic incident. This has been an incredibly difficult and emotional day for our community, and we are grateful for the cooperation shown as officers continue their work to advance the investigation.”

Juno News, an independent outlet in Canada, claims to have spoken with someone connected to the suspected shooter’s family who says the suspect was trans and used “she/her” pronouns, but authorities have not confirmed the claim.

The Guardian reported that the police have identified the shooter, but didn’t publicly release their identity due to the integrity of the investigation.

The shooter’s identity, any potential connections to groups, and motivations remain under investigation.

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