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Let's make government great again -- and start by cleaning house
Alan Balutis argues that the next administration must be bold in modernizing the management agenda.
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DIA names Melissa Drisko as deputy
Drisko, a career intelligence official and former director of science and technology at DIA, will assume the role in August.
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Millennium Challenge Corporation lands new CIO
Vince Groh, deputy CIO with the Peace Corps, will take the IT reins at MCC.
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DOD's single IT service provider seeks to get synchronized
One challenge the Joint Service Provider has faced is simply getting IT personnel from across the National Capitol Region in the same place.
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Defense chief's email reveals management style, private-sector outreach
The Defense Department has released 1,336 pages of messages and attachments associated with Secretary Ash Carter's personal email account, some of which shed light on his management style and private-sector outreach.
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New technologies for knowledge sharing
Steve Kelman looks at the potential -- and limitations -- of the "social intranet."
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Forest Service CIO wanted
The conservation agency is looking for a new leader for its technology operations.
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Rung: Category management needs sustained vision
The top federal procurement official says the year-old category management initiatives have taken hold, but the acquisition community should take a longer view.
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7 things no one tells a new CIO
What current and former CIOs wish they'd known before they jumped into an agency job.
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Cobert names team for building National Background Investigations Bureau
Acting Office of Personnel Management director says the transition team "is a key milestone in what will be a long, inter-agency process."
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The soft spots in IT security? People and old tech
People and aging IT are enduring security risks -- but efforts are underway to better address both at federal agencies.
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The OI&T transformation at VA
LaVerne H. Council, the top tech official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, explains how the Office of Information and Technology is modernizing culture, processes and capabilities to create a a world-class, customer-focused and veteran-centered service organization.
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U.S. Digital Service team makes recruitment pitch at SXSW
CTO Megan Smith and USDS Director Haley Van Dyck tried to sell techies at the South by Southwest Interactive conference on public service careers.
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The topics Obama plans to hit -- and avoid -- at SXSW
The presidential call to action will likely skirt encryption and hiring and instead ask techies to dip into government on a short-term basis.
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CIO success: Does the song remain the same?
The advice in a 15-year-old Government Accountability Office report is remarkably relevant to the CIO's role in the FITARA era.
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New manager to steer IT categories at GSA
Veteran IT planner Bill Zielinski will direct category management solutions for GSA's IT acquisition services as the agency moves closer to its category-focused goals.
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CISO announces IT leadership shifts at VA
The Office of Information and Technology at the Department of Veterans' Affairs is undergoing a series of leadership changes, according to a March 7 memo obtained by FCW.
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Free online initiative trains feds in agile
An online course offered by the Agile Government Leadership network and developed by one of the co-founders of 18F provides feds with hands-on experience running an agile project.
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GSA's Roth quizzed over IT modernization fund
Lawmakers are unsure whether the $3.1 billion plan to fund a rolling governmentwide tech refresh is a good bet.
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