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Stanton, Shutt promoted to new roles in FAS as reorganization nears

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The General Services Administration is promoting some familiar faces into leadership roles as it prepares to reorganize its Federal Acquisition Service.

Laura Stanton is the new deputy commissioner of the FAS. Stanton, who has worked for GSA since 1997, has been the assistant commissioner for the IT category since 2020.

Stephanie Shutt is the new FAS chief of staff. Shutt has worked for GSA since 2004, running the schedules program for five years before becoming the director of operation and innovation in September 2023.

FAS Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum announced these and other changes in an email obtained by Federal News Network.

Gruenbaum said Stanton also will continue to lead the IT category office in addition to her new role.

Laura Stanton is the assistant commissioner in the Office of Information Technology Category (ITC) in the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA.

“The work you all do is critical – FAS plays a central role in helping the government buy smarter, be more efficient and deliver value to taxpayers,” Gruenbaum wrote in the email. “Laura and Stephanie both understand how important collaboration is to that mission. I encourage you to show our support as they step into these new roles.”

Stanton replaces Tom Howder, who has been deputy commissioner of FAS since 2018 and has worked at GSA for more than 38 years. He spent his entire federal career with GSA, starting as a GS-5 in 1987.

Howder, who served as acting FAS commissioner in 2024, is retiring taking the deferred resignation program offer.

“I want to express my gratitude to Josh Gruenbaum and Stephen Ehikian, who encouraged me to stay a bit longer so I could contribute to one final effort – the redesign of the Federal Acquisition Service that we are calling FAS 2.0,” Howder wrote in a post on LinkedIn on April 21. “I won’t offer any spoilers, but I think you will find it nothing short of transformative. It will reimagine how we serve our clients, eliminate burdensome processes, streamline our operations and leverage technological innovations. I leave FAS knowing it has a bright future.”

Gruenbaum also thanked Howder for his guidance and support over the last few months.

Shutt replaces Teri Osabutey, who has been FAS chief of staff since August 2024 and been in government since 1999, starting her career with NASA.

Osabutey came to GSA in 2008 as a senior contracting officer and rose through the ranks serving as the acting deputy assistant commissioner for the Assistant Acquisition Services division before taking the chief of staff role.

“Teri has been a steady presence in the AAS portfolio for years, and those skills were exactly what the front office needed over the past year,” Gruenbaum wrote. “Personally, I want to thank Teri for her support and for making me feel welcome in this role.”

In addition to Howder and Osabutey, several other GSA executives are leaving, including:

  • Kim Garcia, The deputy assistant commissioner for acquisition in the Office of IT Category.
  • Casey Kelley, Retiring after 24 years with GSA, including five as the regional commissioner for the San Diego area and the last 19 months as the client executive in AAS for the Air Force, Space Force and Navy. “I’ve had the privilege of working alongside some of the most talented, dedicated, and mission-driven professionals in the federal acquisition community. From the early days building the Alliant/Alliant 2 GWAC team, where innovation and collaboration defined our success, to leading legacy Region 9, transforming operations, achieving financial solvency and building a strong, united culture across diverse business lines — each challenge and achievement has been an unforgettable part of my journey,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “Most recently, launching a new organization within AAS, bringing together experts from multiple legacy regions and FEDSIM to serve Air Force, Navy and Space Force organizations worldwide, has been a career highlight. Establishing a foundation for success and leading the industry engagement collaboration initiative, sharing pipeline information consistently across the enterprise in such a short time was no small feat. I’m immensely proud of what we built together.”
  • Erv Koehler, Retiring after three years as the assistant commissioner of the Office of General Supplies and Services and more than 22 years at GSA.
  • Jeff Thurston, The contract operations director in the Office of General Supplies and Services and the category executive and liaison with the Office of Management and Budget for the Industrial Products Category.
  • Jake Marcellus, Leaving after serving the past four years as the enterprise technology director in the Office of the IT Category. He worked for the Defense Information Systems Agency for 12 years before coming to GSA in 2021. Marcellus also served in the Army for 20 years.

The post Stanton, Shutt promoted to new roles in FAS as reorganization nears first appeared on Federal News Network.

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Black Lives Matter Activist in Boston Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges – Scammed Donors to Fund Her Lifestyle

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A Black Lives Matter activist in Boston named Monica Cannon-Grant pleaded guilty to federal charges this week, admitting that she scammed donors and used their money to fund her own lavish lifestyle.

Cannon-Grant was previously held up as an admired figure. The city of Boston named her the Bostonian of the year at one point for her ‘social justice activism’ and she was even recognized by the Boston Celtics basketball team for her efforts.

She is now facing a minimum of two years in prison.

The New York Post reports:

BLM-linked activist admits conning donors to fund her lavish lifestyle

A once-celebrated Boston social activist has pleaded guilty to defrauding donors — including Black Lives Matter — out of thousands of dollars that she used as a personal piggy bank.

Monica Cannon-Grant, 44, pleaded guilty Monday to 18 counts of fraud-related crimes that she committed with her late husband while operating their Violence in Boston (VIB) activists group, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.

The activist scammed money — including $3,000 from a BLM group — while claiming it was to help feed children and run protests like one in 2020 over the murder of George Floyd and police violence.

Cannon-Grant also conned her way into getting $100,000 in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits — which she used to pay off her personal auto loan and car insurance policy.

But she has now confessed to transferring funds to personal bank accounts to pay for rent, shopping sprees, delivery meals, visits to a nail salon — and even a summer vacation to Maryland.

Just amazing.

Here’s a local video report:

She should pay back every penny.

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Keith Olbermann Backpedals Furiously With Apology for Threatening CNN’s Scott Jennings – Jennings Responds (VIDEO)

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As the Gateway Pundit reported yesterday, former MSNBC host and generally unhinged leftist Keith Olbermann, appeared to threaten CNN’s conservative pundit Scott Jennings on Twitter saying, ‘You’re next motherf**ker.’

Well, Olbermann may have gotten a phone call or a visit from the FBI because today he walked back those comments with a full-throated apology.

RedState has an update:

To quickly recap, Scott Jennings, a Salem Media Network radio host and conservative CNN political commentator, reacted to breaking news on Monday that Kimmel had been reinstated by tweeting, “So basically his employer suspended him for being an insensitive pr**k, and we don’t live in an authoritarian regime? Got it.”

This enraged Olbermann, who proceeded to tweet what many, including Jennings, perceived to be a threat. “You’re next, motherf**ker. But keep mugging to the camera.” Jennings tagged Patel and included a screengrab of the tweets in response.

Though the FBI hasn’t commented as to whether an investigation was launched, Olbermann ostensibly appears to have thought twice about what he tweeted and deleted, apologizing profusely in tweets posted on Tuesday and claiming what he wrote was “misinterpreted”:

See Olbermann’s tweet below:

Scott Jennings, always a class act, offered this hilarious response:

Keith Olbermann really needs help. The guy is just so out of control.

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Where is Lance Twiggs? Kirk Assassin’s Transgender Lover Has Vanished

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Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson and roommate Lance Twiggs

Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson lived with his transgender partner – a male-to-female trans named Lance “Luna” Twiggs.

The FBI used Robinson’s texts with his transgender partner to solidify that Robinson was the assassin. Lance Twiggs has not been charged with any crime; however, federal authorities are still investigating.

Last week, Utah authorities released the text exchange between Tyler Robinson and his transgender lover, Lance Twiggs, sent shortly after Kirk’s assassination.

Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray announced seven charges against Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson. They will also be seeking the death penalty.

Robinson was charged with:

– Count 1: Aggravated murder (capital offense)
– Count 2: Felony reckless discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury
– Count 3: Felony obstruction of justice for hiding the firearm
– Count 4: Felony obstruction of justice for discarding the clothing he wore during the shooting
– Count 5: Witness tampering for asking roommate to delete incriminating messages
– Count 6: Witness temperating for demanding trans roommate stay silent, and not speak to police
– Count 7: Commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child

Jeff Gray released the chilling texts between Tyler Robinson and his “love” Lance Twiggs.

Read the text exchange here:

Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 1
Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 2

Lance Twiggs was reportedly cooperating with the FBI, however, according to the Daily Mail he has seemingly vanished.

“If [Lance Twiggs] ever comes back, it will be in a body bag,” a neighbor said to the Daily Mail. “That’s not a threat – I’m just saying that there are so many people who want a piece of him he’d be mad to show his face in public again. This was a generational event.”

The Daily Mail reported:

The Trans boyfriend of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin has fled their former lovenest – and locals tell the Daily Mail they never want to see him again.

Lance Twiggs, 22, was led away for questioning when police swooped on the smart three-bed condo he shared with accused gunman Tyler Robinson, 22.

Shaken neighbors say the part time plumber has not been back to the $320,000 property in St. George, Utah – one declaring: ‘Good riddance. I never want to see either of them again.’

His beaten-up Infinity compact is still parked in his space with his work gear tossed across the back seat and a sandwich wrapper and a drink on the front passenger seat.

Upstairs lights have been left on for more than a week and notes and Amazon packages are piling up outside the home owned by Twiggs’s devout Mormon family.

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