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  • President Barack Obama has nominated Michael Huerta, the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, to officially head the agency. Huerta, the deputy FAA administrator, has led the agency on an acting basis since December when former FAA head Randy Babbitt resigned in the wake of a drunken driving arrest.

    March 27, 2012
  • The FBI\'s chief information officer, Chad Fulgham, will step down next month after three years at the helm of the agency\'s information technology efforts, the FBI announced in a release.

    March 27, 2012
  • Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized President Obama and \"thousands and thousands\" of federal workers, for creating an attack on free enterprise.

    March 27, 2012
  • Shawn Osborne previously servied as president, CEO and director of Ulticom Inc., according to a TechAmerica release.

    March 13, 2012
  • The Department of Health and Human Services taps Frank Baitman to be its new chief information officer. He comes to HHS from the Food and Drug Administration where he was an entrepreneur-in-residence.

    March 09, 2012
  • The White House announced today President Barack Obama will appoint Todd Park to serve as the next federal chief technology officer. Park most recently served at the CTO of the Health and Human Services Department and fills the slot vacated by Aneesh Chopra, who stepped down last month after three years in the position.

    March 09, 2012
  • Chris Smith is moving on after more than three years as the Agriculture Department\'s lead technology manager. He helped make major change to the agency\'s infrastructure, in part by moving email to the cloud.

    March 08, 2012
  • Pat Tamburrino has been reassigned to be the chief of staff for the acting undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. He has led several initiatives including moving out of the NSPS and improving the speed of Defense hiring.

    March 07, 2012
  • Nominations are now being accepted for the third annual Causey Awards. The awards honor exceptional performance by individuals in the human capital management field.

    February 22, 2012
  • Van Hitch will work in the company\'s federal practice as an advisor to clients about long-term technology and transformational opportunities.

    February 22, 2012
  • Van Dyck comes to the E-Government and IT office to work as a policy analyst after working at the FCC and most recently USAID.

    February 21, 2012
  • Former Government Accountability Office Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues Rich Stana never aspired to public service. As a newly-minted business school graduate, he interviewed for jobs at banks and companies, but didn't find them appealing. Then his dean suggested applying to GAO, where he could apply his business knowledge to auditing government programs. Stana never looked back. He retired in December after 35 years.

    February 21, 2012
  • John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management, offers his tips for managing the federal workforce during tough times.

    February 15, 2012
  • Dallan Wordekemper, federal preservation officer with the Postal Service, restores New Deal-era murals at U.S. post offices across the country.

    February 08, 2012