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Troy K. Schneider
Troy K. Schneider is an Editor at Large with GovExec. He was President of GovExec 360 from 2022 until early 2024, and was Editor-in-Chief of both FCW and GCN for more than a decade -- first at 1105 Media and then at GovExec.
Mr. Schneider previously served as New America Foundation’s Director of Media & Technology, and before that was Managing Director for Electronic Publishing at the Atlantic Media Company, where he oversaw the online operations of The Atlantic Monthly, National Journal, The Hotline and The Almanac of American Politics, among other publications. The founding editor of NationalJournal.com, Mr. Schneider also helped launch the political site PoliticsNow.com in the mid-1990s, and worked on the earliest online efforts of the Los Angeles Times and Newsday. He began his career in print journalism, and has written for a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, WashingtonPost.com, Slate, Politico, Governing, and many of the other titles listed above.
Mr. Schneider is a graduate of Indiana University, where his emphases were journalism, business and religious studies.
Mr. Schneider previously served as New America Foundation’s Director of Media & Technology, and before that was Managing Director for Electronic Publishing at the Atlantic Media Company, where he oversaw the online operations of The Atlantic Monthly, National Journal, The Hotline and The Almanac of American Politics, among other publications. The founding editor of NationalJournal.com, Mr. Schneider also helped launch the political site PoliticsNow.com in the mid-1990s, and worked on the earliest online efforts of the Los Angeles Times and Newsday. He began his career in print journalism, and has written for a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, WashingtonPost.com, Slate, Politico, Governing, and many of the other titles listed above.
Mr. Schneider is a graduate of Indiana University, where his emphases were journalism, business and religious studies.
People
Industry Eagle Award
Max Peterson, a Washington, D.C.-area native, finding solutions for civic challenges feels like the perfect fit.
- By Troy K. Schneider
People
Nominations for the 2023 Federal 100 are now open
The deadline for submissions is December 31.
- By Troy K. Schneider
Digital Government
Nominations For The 2023 Federal 100 Are Now Open
The deadline for submissions is December 31.
- By Troy K. Schneider
People
Catalyst Award winner: Soraya Correa
Over the course of a 40-year career in federal service, Soraya Correa looked for ways to make procurement more effective and more responsive to agency needs.
- By Troy K. Schneider
People
Industry Eagle Award winner: Casey Coleman
Efforts to help the state of Rhode Island and the Small Business Administration respond to the COVID pandemic were just the latest chapters in Coleman's contributions to the government IT community.
- By Troy K. Schneider
People
Announcing the 2022 Federal 100
Meet the women and men being honored for their exceptional contributions to federal IT over the past year.
- By Troy K. Schneider
Digital Government
Announcing the 2022 Federal 100
Meet the women and men being honored for their exceptional contributions to federal IT over the past year.
- By Troy K. Schneider
People
Deadline extended for Federal 100 nominations!
You now have until Tuesday, Jan. 11, to get them in. Happy holidays!
- By Troy K. Schneider
People
Fed 100 nominations: Time is running out
Nominations are due by Dec. 24 -- submit yours today!
- By Troy K. Schneider
Acquisition
Nominations for the 2022 Fed 100 are now being accepted
The deadline for submissions is Dec. 24.
- By Troy K. Schneider
Acquisition
Congratulations to the 2021 Rising Stars
These early-career leaders already are having an outsized impact on government IT.
- By Troy K. Schneider
Featured eBooks
Modernization
Post-pandemic IT leadership
The rush to maximum telework did more than showcase the importance of IT -- it also forced them to rethink their own operations.
- By Troy K. Schneider
Digital Government
How COVID has changed citizen services
Record demand for services and pandemic precautions have prompted some fundamental reassessments about delivery.
- By Troy K. Schneider
Acquisition
DARPA's Pandemic Prevention Platform
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, DARPA's 10 years of funding research and development on DNA and RNA vaccines, including a $25 million award to Moderna to help establish its messenger RNA platform, proved critical.
- By Troy K. Schneider
Acquisition
Christopher Krebs: Truth and consequences
Krebs spent 2020 working furiously to ensure the integrity of our elections, while also ensuring that ransomware, software supply-chain vulnerabilities and a range of other rapidly escalating risks didn't cripple government operations or the nation's critical infrastructure.
- By Troy K. Schneider
Acquisition
Craig Abod: Taking the pain out of procurement
Craig Abod and Carahsoft have been working to make IT acquisition decisions easier and more effective.
- By Troy K. Schneider
Digital Government
Next steps on the cyber EO
With zero trust as a stated goal, agencies are mapping their strategies -- and funding plans
- By Troy K. Schneider
Acquisition
Last call for 2021 innovation nominations
July 15 is the deadline for Rising Star, Public Sector Innovation and Industry Innovator nominations.
- By Troy K. Schneider
Modernization
Cloud after COVID
More than a year of pandemic operations has altered government’s view of cloud-centric modernization
- By Troy K. Schneider
Acquisition
Deadline extended for 2021 Rising Star nominations
Help us identify the early-career innovators and change agents in government IT -- and be sure to do so before the July 15 deadline.
- By Troy K. Schneider