John Hewitt Jones

John is the managing editor of FedScoop, and was previously a reporter at Institutional Investor in New York City. He has a master’s degree in social policy from the London School of Economics and his writing has appeared in The Scotsman and The Sunday Times of London newspapers.

Articles by Author

U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol on May 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Debt ceiling agreement seeks to claw back IT funds from GSA, CISA

Policy

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 03: SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman held during her confirmation hearing at the US Capitol on February 03, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

GSA and SBA launch initiative to broaden small federal contracting landscape

Acquisition

WASHINGTON D.C., Aug. 28 2022 — A sign outside the Department of Energy building on Independence Ave SW. (Image credit: John Hewitt Jones)

Energy Department failing to monitor user activity on classified networks, GAO finds

Cyber

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building — (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

IRS awards Accenture and Maximus spots on IT modernization contract worth up to $2.6B

Acquisition

Samantha Power, the administrator of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), speaks during the Summit for Democracy on March 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

USAID administrator: E-gov app played key role in securing funds for Ukraine

Tech

White House on deep blue sky background in Washington DC, USA. (Image credit: Getty Images)

White House launches public consultation on critical AI issues

AI

A journalist practices with a VR headset at the virtual reality room, in the training school of the Orano la Hague reprocessing plant, in La Hague, southwestern France, on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP)

VR environments could help DHS promote disaster preparedness: Rand Corp. study

Emerging Tech

A sample wafer is seen at the exhibition of Semicon Taiwan 2022 in Taipei on September 15, 2022. (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)

NIST, NSF scientists meet Taiwan officials at first tech cooperation event

Tech

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) talks to reporters before attending a Senate Democratic luncheon, at the U.S. Capitol on September 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Bill to establish AI training programs for federal agency leaders progresses in Senate

AI