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Billy Mitchell

Billy Mitchell is Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of Scoop News Group’s editorial brands.

He oversees operations, strategy and growth of SNG’s award-winning tech publications, FedScoop, StateScoop, CyberScoop, EdScoop and DefenseScoop.

Prior to joining Scoop News Group in early 2014, Billy embedded himself in Washington, DC’s tech startup scene for a year as a tech reporter at InTheCapital, now known as DC Inno.

After earning his degree at Virginia Tech and winning the school’s Excellence in Print Journalism award, Billy received his master’s degree from New York University in magazine writing while interning at publications like Rolling Stone.

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Republican House of Representatives candidate Katie Arrington speaks to supporters during a midterm primary election night party on June 14, 2022 in Summerville, South Carolina. Arrington, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump lost to incumbent Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Katie Arrington named acting Pentagon CIO

Tech

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Sean Parnell delivers recorded remarks at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Spencer Perkins)

DOD leadership orders components to scrub DEI content across websites, social media

IT

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (R) speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Altman delivered the keynote address at the first ever Open AI DevDay conference. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

OpenAI’s GPT-4o gets green light for top secret use in Microsoft’s Azure cloud

AI

A Ukrainian drone operator who gave the name Artem pilots an attack drone as Ukrainian soldiers of the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade test fly a Ukrainian-made Vampire drone, with six rotors, night vision and thermal imaging capabilities, and capable of carrying four 82mm artillery shells, near the southern frontline on February 21, 2024 in Ukraine. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Pentagon shopping for ‘low-cost, one-way’ drones with extended ranges

Weapons

First Sergeants take part in the launch of the Diamond Care initial mock board interview on 14 march 2023, near Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Tourtellotte)

Pentagon contracts for $96M in Oura smart rings, services

Emerging Tech

River entrance of the U.S. Department of Defense. (Getty Images)

Pentagon announces $984M in loans available for U.S. firms developing ‘critical’ tech

Emerging Tech

U.S. Air Force communications specialists, assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, check a radio antenna’s alignment with a satellite, as part of a Communications Fly Away Kit (CFK) deployment at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, July 10, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo)

DIU seeks data mesh solution to unify distribution across DOD networks

IT

DOD seal — (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Pentagon a step closer to CMMC starting line with new contract rule proposal

Cyber

Committee Chairman U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., talk as General Anthony Cotton, Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, and General James Dickinson, Commander of the U.S. Space Command, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 09, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senate NDAA calls for guidance to apply zero trust to ‘internet of military things’ devices

Cyber