The Army rolled out a new and comprehensive strategy for talent management that is all about recruitment and retention.
On Tuesday, the Army released its first-ever "People Strategy." Implementation plans are yet to come, but the service is already rethinking its selection process for new commanders.
The last couple of weeks have been busy on the federal acquisition front. Federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen had more insights.
Gordon Bitko, the FBI CIO, will join the trade association IT Industry Council in November as its senior vice president of policy where he serve as the chief policy strategist for the technology industry in the government and public sector market.
Renata Spinks, the Cyber Technology Officer for the Marine Corps, said the corps is trying to ensure its mobile devices balance risk with usability.
Rep. Nita Lowey, who leads the powerful House Appropriations Committee and is a 31-year veteran of Congress, says she'll retire at the end of next year
No federal executive wants his or her agency or bureau to languish at the bottom of those rankings of employee engagement.
Kara De Castro is a management analyst at the National Nuclear Security Administration, and a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program.
Chief data offiers face a long road ahead, not just getting their agencies to adopt the culture change of data-driven government, but also finding a workforce and the resources to carry out their new mission.
Alan Thomas, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, will leave his position after more than two years to return to the private sector. Julie Dunne will take over as acting FAS commissioner.
Several recent updates to federal IT policies opened the door for OMB to consider how the concept of agile for federal regulations could work, while the IBM Center for the Business of Government and NAPA are looking at this approach too.
Joe Klimavicz, the Justice Department CIO and chief data officer, said by holding both roles he can take advantage of the different authorities to make significant progress much faster in aggregate across the department.
The Senate has confirmed Eugene Scalia, son for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to serve as the next Secretary of Labor.
Thomas Luebke, the secretary of the Commission of Fine Arts, outlined his commitment to protecting the architecture, design culture in the nation's capital.
State CIOs complain about departmental roadblocks to reform, while the lower officers worry that state officers don't understand their business challenges. Washington state CIO Jim Weaver embeded his senior staff in the departments to confront these challenges head-on.