CIOs
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The Department of Veterans Affairs officially has a new chief information officer. Roger Baker, formerly the Commerce Department CIO, was confirmed by the Senate Monday. Baker’s formal title is Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology.…
May 18, 2009 -
We’ve been hearing pings for awhile, but it now seems to be common knowledge within the halls of the Agriculture Department: The new USDACIO post will go to the current acting CIO Chris Smith. We…
May 15, 2009 -
Regular readers will know that I am fascinated with the Recovery.gov National Dialogue on Information Technology Solutions — a somewhat clunky name for the conversation that the Obama administration has opened up on ways to…
May 01, 2009 -
The Navy has posted what I believe — and I stand to be corrected — but I believe is the first agency green IT policy. The memo is posted below and can be found here…
April 28, 2009 -
I almost felt like the headline of this post should be: Did you hear what I heard? I mentioned that federal CIO Vivek Kundra spoke last week at AFCEA’s Bethesda chapter. (In fact, I’m going…
April 28, 2009 -
I’m up early this morning to attend the monthly breakfast gathering for AFCEA International’s Bethesda, MD chapter — and it’s a good one this morning. I expect a packed house as Vivek Kundra, the federal…
April 23, 2009 -
The Obama administration’s announcement late Friday — and officially made on Saturday — of the OMB deputy director of management/chief performance officer as well as the much discussed Obama chief technology officer has been the…
April 20, 2009 -
The White House issued a release earlier today — under embargo until 6a ET Saturday morning — about two senior White House posts. A number of organizations decided to reject the embargo, including, somewhat shockingly,…
April 18, 2009 -
As you might know, I am taking some vacation time this week enjoying some time on the other coast… but yes, one of the ways that I actually relax is by writing, so… I’ll still…
April 06, 2009 -
Last night was Federal Computer Week’s 20th annual Federal 100 Awards Gala recognizing the 100 people who have made a difference in government IT in the past year. You can read the profiles of the…
March 26, 2009 -
NASA Goddard CIO Linda Cureton A very happy birthday to Linda Cureton, the chief information officer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Cureton is one of the real shining stars in the CIO community. She…
March 25, 2009 -
At the end of FOSE, the CIO Council holds an awards dinner to present its Azimuth Award. The Azimuth is essentially the compass on a boat that guides people. And so the CIO Council’s Azimuth…
March 23, 2009 -
I’ve been able to confirm what TechPresident first reported: Obama administration CIO Vivek Kundra is back at his job. It is a huge relieve to many people in the government IT community, who formal appointment…
March 17, 2009 -
Vivek Kundra The new Obama administration chief information officer Vivek Kundra is waisting no time getting out there and introducing himself. He had his first interview with Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Jason Miller yesterday……
March 10, 2009 -
Vivek Kundra The WP reports this morning what we, of course, have been telling you for week — here and here and here and here — that DC CTO Vivek Kundra is joining the White…
March 05, 2009