Bill Marion

Longtime Air Force IT leader now in the private sector

Bill Marion, managing director of growth and strategy in the Defense and Intelligence practice at Accenture Federal Services, joined the Federal Drive…

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Federal CIO Kent brought vision, energy, leaves legacy of accomplishments

Reporter's Notebook

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, photograph, monitors check their screens in the Governor's Office of Information Technology in downtown Denver. Some cybersecurity professionals are concerned that insurance policies designed to limit the damage of ransomware attacks might actually be encouraging hackers. “We don’t know what that ransom payment is going to fund,” said Brandi Simmons, a spokeswoman for the office. “As a state government, we don’t want to be in a position of funding cyberterrorists.” (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Ensuring the federal IT workforce of the future

Federal Newscast

Bill Marion, Secretary of the Air Force deputy chief information officer, listens to a Tyndall Airman Dec. 18, 2018, about the work the 325th Communication Squadron’s Airmen did to safeguard important equipment instrumental to the Radio Frequency transmissions infrastructure on Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., in timeframes before and immediately after Hurricane Michael made landfall. Hurricane Michael was a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall Oct. 10, 2018, that caused near catastrophic damage to the Panama City area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Solomon Cook)

Air Force finally in alignment across most major IT foundational elements

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Air Force testing next generation help desk with 70K users as part of EITaaS

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DoD looks to speed up fielding of AI to adapt to real-world environments

Artificial Intelligence

Air Force announces new ways of learning digital skills, working on faster apps

Air Force

DISA pushing mission partners toward ‘app rationalization’ amid move to cloud

Cloud Computing

Air Force outlines goals to change business processes over next 2 years

Air Force

Air Force moves ahead with headquarters-level merger of intel, IT functions

Air Force

Air Force to release new ‘fast-track’ cyber approval process

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FILE- In this April 3, 2017, file photo U.S. Army soldiers march in formation during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. If you’re a veteran with student debt, you have repayment rights unique to military service members that can keep you on track and out of default. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Study shows military pay has been rising faster than civilian pay

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new study by the RAND Corporation analyzes how military pay stacks up against civilian pay over the last 20 years.

Federal Newscast

Air Force restructures CIO to bring business, IT and data closer together

Bill Marion, the Air Force’s deputy CIO, said the service hopes to unify technology, data and business transformation from operational and implementation…

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OPM kicks off ‘break up’ effort by naming interagency team

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The Office of Personnel Management is putting a team in place to figure out how to move key services such as HR Solutions to GSA.

Bill Marion

Longtime Air Force IT leader now in the private sector

Federal CIO Kent brought vision, energy, leaves legacy of accomplishments

Ensuring the federal IT workforce of the future

Air Force finally in alignment across most major IT foundational elements

Air Force testing next generation help desk with 70K users as part of EITaaS

DoD looks to speed up fielding of AI to adapt to real-world environments

Air Force announces new ways of learning digital skills, working on faster apps

DISA pushing mission partners toward ‘app rationalization’ amid move to cloud

Air Force outlines goals to change business processes over next 2 years

Air Force moves ahead with headquarters-level merger of intel, IT functions

Air Force to release new ‘fast-track’ cyber approval process

Study shows military pay has been rising faster than civilian pay

Air Force restructures CIO to bring business, IT and data closer together

OPM kicks off ‘break up’ effort by naming interagency team

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