Digital Transformation

Sonny Bhagowalia has been the deputy CIO at the Customs and Border Protection directorate since 2018.

CIOs at these agencies say there’s no going back to the status quo before the pandemic, and are looking at accelerating their IT investments.

Federal human capital challenges are the root cause behind two-thirds of the broad topics on the Government Accountability Office’s biennial high-risk list. And while GAO removed one program from the list, some areas have regressed.

School superintendents say they have ideas to fix an explosion of problems.

New chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee could help break the 20-year IT modernization blockade.

Presuming the Biden State Department wants to use data to inform its decisions, the CDO position should be in high demand.

A draft manager’s amendment obtained by Federal News Network shows the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee also includes $650 million for CISA and $200 million for the USDS.

The National Security Commission on AI recommends creating a Digital Service Academy that would “grow tech talent with the same seriousness of purpose that we grow military officers.”