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  • Matt Perry is making wide-ranging effort to improve the Office of Personnel Management\'s technology infrastructure. This includes data storage and analytics to make processing HR information easier. September 15, 2011

    September 15, 2011
  • Department of Navy CIO Terry Halvorsen said business systems and infrastructure are two main areas to reduce the cost of the service\'s technology. September 8, 2011

    September 08, 2011
  • The Federal Trade Commission is using enterprise architecture make its technology backbone faster, more efficient and able to run mobile devices.

    August 31, 2011
  • New department chief information officer is finding her way with the federal government, while making improvements across Treasury. She says the agency will implement ITIL and collaboration software. August 25, 2011(Encore presentation October 27, 2011)

    August 25, 2011
  • The Joint Task Force National Capital Region\'s effort to consolidate and bring disparate medical data together is in the home stretch. Created by BRAC, the office is making it easier for doctors and nurses to access wounded warriors and beneficiary information whenever and wherever it\'s needed. August 18, 2011

    August 18, 2011
  • Vivek Kundra ends his tenure as the federal chief information officer Aug. 12. He was the driving force behind moving agencies to cloud computing, consolidating data centers and laying down the foundation to reform information technology. But Kundra\'s biggest impact may be less about specific technologies, but reminding the government that time and process are not major barriers. August 11, 2011

    August 11, 2011
  • Rick Holgate, ATF\'s chief information officer, said a new IT infrastructure contract could be worth $40 million a year. The goal is to make the agency\'s network more agile to deliver managed services. August 4, 2011

    August 04, 2011
  • Van Hitch will retire as the Justice Department\'s CIO at the end of July. He said cybersecurity, information sharing and social media and mobile computing were among the biggest technology transformations he saw. July 21, 2011

    July 21, 2011
  • Jacob Haynes, the Defense Contract Management Agency\'s CIO, said a zero client set up will rely totally on the cloud for all computing needs. July 14, 2011

    July 15, 2011
  • CIO Sandy Peavy said the agency already launched a pilot using iPad and is using avatars to help trainees. July 7, 2011

    July 07, 2011
  • Goutam Kundu, the agency\'s CIO, is focusing on reducing the number of applications, modernizing its systems and improving online customer service. June 23, 2011

    June 23, 2011
  • Luke McCormack, the chief information officer of the Homeland Security Department\'s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said ICE has not done a good job over the years in how they communicate their needs and requirements to industry. June 16, 2011(Encore presentation July 28, 2011)

    June 14, 2011
  • Agency CIO Darren Ash said media and citizens wanted more information than ever about what NRC is doing in the U.S. and in Japan to deal with the nuclear power safety. Ash said the agency is considering both technology and process improvements to its FOIA processes. June 9, 2011

    June 09, 2011
  • CIO Rosio Alvarez said she soon will release a RFP to move the lab\'s ERP system to the cloud. Berkeley already moved its email to the cloud.

    June 01, 2011

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