The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) has been under new leadership since July. Members of the group elected Darren Ash, the chief information officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to serve as the ACT's president. Meanwhile, Dale Luddeke, the senior vice president and chief growth officer at TASC, was elected the chair of the Industry Advisory Council.
More than eight years after the White House issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 requiring the issuance of secure identity cards, governmentwide and agency-specific initiatives provide hope the smart cards can be more than "glorified ID cards." NIST and GSA are developing an identity exchange in the cloud. DHS and IRS are putting their cards to use at a local level for both building and computer access.
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ACT-IAC\'s Jim Beaupre and ACT\'s Mary Davie joined In Depth with Francis Rose with lessons learned about innovating at a federal agency.
Agency CIOs need to find creative ways to lower the cost of their technology services. DHS is testing the concept of "workplace-as-a-service." OMB soon will issue a new shared services architecture to help agencies understand how best to move to enterprisewide systems.
Former \"e-gov Czar\" Mark Forman joins host Mark Amtower on today\'s program. September 26, 2011
The ACT-IAC working group\'s latest report shows that diversity in agencies is directly linked to success. Dr. Susan Krup Grunin is the Consulting Director for Strategic Human Capital Management at RGS and co-authored the report.
Just-retired DoD Secretary Robert Gates issued a recent memo announcing his decision about how DISA and the chief information officer\'s office will change. Gates said DoD will dis-establish the Networks Integration and Information office.
Andrew McLauchlin, vice president at CGI Federal, spoke with Federal News Radio about ACT-IAC\'s four recommendations.
ACT-IAC Executive Director Ken Allen joins host Mark Amtower for a wide-ranging discussion of the myriad of projects that ACT-IAC is working on. May 23, 2011 (Encore presentation June 13, 2011)
Sanjeev \"Sonny\" Bhagowalia talks to Federal News Radio\'s Amy Morris about managing federal IT in an age of budget cuts.
Agencies are increasingly using social media in their work. But platforms like Facebook and Twitter offer challenges to records management.
The Financial Management Service developed an electronic payment program. The debit card like system could save the government millions of dollars each year.
The groups have launched a website, asking for public input in an effort to improve the acquisitions process between government and industry.
In many ways, you’re hiring people the same way the private sector does – but in the ways you’re not, it’s holding you back. Research by ACT-IAC’s Human Capital Special Interest Group, says your agency…