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In today's Federal Newscast: Some 500 correctional officers are seeking financial justice at DoJ. Former GSA executive Sonny Hashmi uncorks his 2024 private-sector persona for Unqork. And the White House is seeking a new CIO, a sort of SES tech exec.
In today's Federal Newscast: The military's Joint Staff finally has a Senate-confirmed chief information officer. The Postal Service reminds former employees that certain ethics rules still apply. And a key technology and cyber official is heading to GSA from OMB.
Christine Harada, the senior advisor in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said more than 700 contracting officers have taken the new certification process of the Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) in the first year.
The Energy Department created standard training courses to ensure employees have a baseline understanding of zero trust requirements, while the CFBP is focused on software development, including open source software.
Ask the CIO, Federal News Network’s longest running show, received attention for the unusual agencies or people rather than the usual topics of cloud, cyber and customer experience.
Tom Howder, the soon-to-be acting commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said expanding the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) program is one of several new priorities for fiscal 2024.
Multiple sources tell Federal News Network the Office of Management and Budget told agencies to target specific job classifications like cyber or data scientists or certain grade levels for increased salaries.
Jason Mervyn, a lead IT specialist for the US Mint at West Point, said the agency is figuring out how back end operational technology systems can continue to run without legacy telecommunications technology.
Andre Mendes, the Commerce Department’s chief information officer, said through the use of Technology Business Management framework, the agency has well over 90% of their IT costs categorized properly and in the right towers, which is a huge change.
The Social Security Administration is renaming the Office of Systems to the Office of the CIO as part of its effort to push for more innovation and modernization.
Bill Hepworth, deputy program executive officer for the Army’s program executive office enterprise information systems (PEO-EIS), said after testing out the new contract writing system with 100 users, the plan is to triple that number in early 2024.
Jennifer Wendell, the Department of Health and Human Services deputy CIO, will serve as acting CIO until a permanent one is hired.
With the pace of technological innovation rapidly accelerating and a growing landscape of data and AI applications, government CIOs must learn how to leverage innovations in both the public and private sectors, decide which of their technology investments should be kept and which need replacement, and determine how to ensure their teams are set up for success.
Eric Hysen, the DHS chief information officer, and Dana Chisnell, the director of CX, are expanding their priorities areas to include more customer and employee experience goals as outlined in a new IT strategic plan.
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