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FTC's chief privacy officer heads for the private sector
After 11 years of federal service, Peter Miller has joined a law firm to focus on consumer protections and data policies.
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Chaffetz seeks new tone on Oversight panel, but old disputes remain
The new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee extends an olive branch to the minority, but keeps subpoena power for himself.
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'Less RFPs and more APIs'
U.S. CTO Megan Smith said there is no reason government can’t match the private sector in customer service.
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Satisfaction with fed customer service worst ever
The American Customer Satisfaction Index blames the decline on budget and staff cuts.
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Contracts OK'd, drone crashes, leave bill introduced
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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McCabe to step down as head of ASI Government
Transition to take place Feb. 14; work on Acquisition of the Future to continue.
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IG details fundamental flaws in HealthCare.gov IT acquisition
HHS IG says CMS failed to develop an “overarching acquisition strategy” for the HealthCare.gov.
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Category management will live on at GSA
People who work with GSA are confident that others who share Dan Tangherlini's reform instincts will keep the efforts running after his departure.
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Casey Coleman's take on what's next for federal IT
A year removed from GSA, Casey Coleman reflects on the latest trends -- and on how her agency-CIO perspective informs her work today with AT&T Government Solutions.
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CMS head Tavenner, who presided over rocky HealthCare.gov launch, steps down
Marilyn Tavenner was thrust into the spotlight after the ill-fated launch of HealthCare.gov in October 2013, and she was among the officials called on by Congress to explain the massive IT failure.
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Progress, but not yet parity
Women remain sorely underrepresented in the federal IT workforce, much as they are in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. But at least the pay gap picture looks better.
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'We have to stop scaring women out of IT'
Actively recruiting more women into the tech workforce is crucial, senior federal IT leaders say.
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Tangherlini leaving GSA next month
During his nearly three years on the job, GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini focused on building an innovation culture and overhauling the acquisition process.
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A new model for program management
Creating governmentwide Program Management Centers of Excellence could save countless programs that are otherwise doomed to fail -- and do so on the cheap.
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Clearing the health-records hurdle
Big changes are needed before electronic health records play a major part in stopping epidemics, experts say.
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Chrousos adds new role at GSA
GSA Chief Customer Officer Phaedra Chrousos will stay in that job while also assuming the post of associate administrator for the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies.
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Tech panels, IoT caucus, a Marine at DIA and CNN’s drones
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Why Congress should look back before charging ahead
FITARA has the potential to force real change, Alan Balutis writes -- but not if legislators take their eyes off the ball on implementation.
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The measure of all things
A Commerce Department advisory council hopes to quantify innovation and measure the effectiveness of incubators and federal grants.
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