Ask the CIO
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Mark Schwartz, the chief information officer at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service in the Homeland Security Department, is the second high-profile CIO who announces plans to leave government in the coming month.
June 09, 2017 -
The Office of Management and Budget and new White House Office of American Innovation are working together on a 90-day sprint to develop a series of work streams on a variety of topics. Teams will recommend new ideas on ways to improve shared services mechanisms, the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) policy and federal hiring process.
June 07, 2017 -
Rajive Mathur has been appointed the new deputy commissioner for systems and CIO for the Social Security Administration.
June 06, 2017 -
David Bray, the Federal Communications Commission chief information officer, is leaving after four years to join the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Office of Ventures and Innovation.
June 06, 2017 -
The General Services Administration will encourage agencies to collectively share their ideas and explorations around blockchain, in a new initiative GSA will launch this summer. It's part of GSA's ongoing effort to collect business cases and best practices from agencies who already are exploring artificial intelligence and other technologies, and develop a framework that other departments can use on their own.
June 05, 2017 -
As part of its ongoing Future State initiative, the IRS will refresh its website starting this summer. The agency is also continuing to develop a secure online account for taxpayers to check the status of their balances, as well as a new digital communications tool where citizens can correspond with the IRS in a secure environment.
June 02, 2017 -
The Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) policy is making the move to the cloud more complex than some say it needs to be. It was one of three hot topics at the ACT-IAC Management of Change conference last week.
May 30, 2017 -
President Donald Trump’s budget request sent to Congress May 23 calls for an increase of $1.6 billion for federal technology programs and projects.
May 24, 2017 -
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget will request money for the central IT modernization fund and outline more specifics about how agencies can apply for money.
May 22, 2017 -
Senate appropriators continue to be concerned about the Modernizing Government Technology Act, particularly letting each agency have a working capital fund.
May 22, 2017 -
Amy Northcutt, the National Science Foundation’s chief information officer, died on May 6 after a short illness. The General Services Administration starts to fill political roles.
May 15, 2017 -
President Donald Trump’s much anticipated and long-waited executive order refocuses agencies' cybersecurity efforts and further details the new American Technology Council’s role.
May 11, 2017 -
Agency chief information officers’ concerns about major changes to the capital planning and investment control (CPIC) process for 2019 were heard loud and clear by the Office of Management and Budget.
May 08, 2017 -
Dave McClure, a former Government Accountability Office and General Services Administration executive and now chief strategist for Coalfire, said the company studied the six-year-old program and found costs, usage and time to get through the process are much better than the general perception.
May 03, 2017 -
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration collects data using various methods and sources to identify trends and patterns in the well-being of the American public.
May 02, 2017
