It has been months now since the DorobekInsider reported that Jonathan Pettus, the former NASA CIO, decided to step down from that post to return to his job as CIO at at NASA’s Marshall Space…
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…
I’ve been hearing a lot about changes at GSA — some concrete, and some just discussed. I’ll talk about potential changes later, but… a concrete move from Acting Administrator Paul Prouty Friday. In a memo,…
A big appointment for the Obama administration: It has been somewhat known but it is all but official — Frank DiGiammarino is moving to the White House. Starting next month, he will be the Deputy…
A former Secretary weighs in on what the future holds for Kathleen Sebelius.
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…
Two presidential appointments designed to streamline government.
Not only was the administration telling people about the new chief performance officer/OMB deputy director of management and the Obama chief technology officer/director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, but… the…
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,…
Contracts, architecture helped support almost three times as many people as expected
We told you it was coming — in fact, we hinted at it back in January, but it is now official: Martha Johnson has been nominated to be the administrator of the General Services Administration.…
Dealing with a braindrain fallout may be the biggest obstacle for the 2010 census and beyond.
President Obama announces more key administration posts
The DorobekInsider has learned that Rod Beckstrom, DHS’s director of the agency’s National Cybersecurity Center, has resigned. His letter is posted below: The move comes as a surprise to many. While friends know that he…
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…