Reporter's Notebook

IT Job of the Week

OMB is looking for a senior executive with at least 10 years of experience managing IT acquisitions, expert knowledge of the IT supplier base and at least five ...

Jason Miller@jmillerWFED

March 30, 2015 4:44 am

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One former Office of Management and Budget official called working at the big gray building on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington the best job you’ll ever hate. That’s why this two-year term appointment to be the IT category manager could be so enticing to some.

OMB is looking for a senior executive with at least 10 years of experience managing IT acquisitions, expert knowledge of the IT supplier base and at least five years managing large-scale strategy initiatives.

Anne Rung, the administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said this position would be the first governmentwide full-time category manager.

In that role, the IT category manager would work with Rung and federal CIO Tony Scott to improve the governmentwide coordination of agency buys for hardware, software, telecommunications and other related goods and services.

Applications are due April 10.

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