Kirit Amin, the outgoing CIO of the International Trade Commission, said OMB and GSA should provide an easier way for small agencies to move off legacy systems.

DHS has implemented a cyber maturity model and DoD is using a security scorecard to identify strengths and weaknesses in networks and systems.

David Bray, who left the FCC in October and now is the executive director of the People-Centered Internet Coalition, moved the agency to the cloud to cut spending on legacy IT systems by 35 percent.

The CIO Council’s first-ever governmentwide hiring fair had 30-plus agencies participate to fill cyber and IT positions.

Eddie Hartwig, the acting deputy administrator of U.S. Digital Service, said his office has changed its approach over the past year.

Jason Gray, the Education Department’s CIO and the co-chairman of the CIO Council’s IT Workforce Committee, said there are four main goals for the upcoming governmentwide hiring fair.

John Owens, the chief information officer of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, said automated tools and human analysis ensure software code is secure.

George DelPrete, the director of the Federal CIO Survey from the PSC and Grant Thornton, said those questioned online offered a different viewpoint than those surveyed in person.

Brian Burns, the Coast Guard’s acting chief information officer, said the service is on schedule to move to Windows 10 by March 2018.

Max Everett, the Energy Department’s chief information officer, said the agency can help secure and improve the technology behind the Internet of Things.

Jennifer Kron, the acting chief information officer of the Intelligence Community up until Sept. 13, said the ICITE program is having a bigger impact on the IC than most realize.

Dave DeVries retired after 35 years in government including the last year as the chief information officer at OPM.

The University of Maryland University College is trying to fill a void by offering a new Masters program in cloud architecture and management

Vincent Groh, the CIO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, said by moving to the cloud he cut MCC’s spending on data centers by half.