C-Suite

Senior Executives Association Teams Up with Freelance Gig Exchange

Collaboration aims to broaden opportunities for agency subject-matter experts.

  • By Charles S. Clark

How the Veterans Affairs Department is ‘Hardwiring’ Customer Service into Everything

VA is on a mission to improve the veteran experience across every service it provides.

  • By Frank Konkel

Report: Agency Leaders Must Embrace Risk to Adopt Artificial Intelligence

Not every AI pilot is going to pan out, and government leaders need to make sure their organizations know that’s OK.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Critical Update: Enter The Innovators

Season 3 of Critical Update kicks off with a mythbusting session on what it means to be innovative in government.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Trump Taps Shanahan To Lead DOD, Ending Months of Speculation

The nomination marks the beginning of the end of the tenure of the longest-serving acting defense secretary.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber and Katie Bo Williams, Defense One

OPM Nominee Defends Tenure at Labor Authority, Commits to Working with Lawmakers on GSA Merger

Dale Cabaniss dismissed her record-low employee morale scores at FLRA as backlash to efforts to make the agency “more fair” and effective.

  • By Erich Wagner

Former Federal CIO: Artificial Intelligence Will Change the World

Applying the technology to raw data sets may help transform government IT projects, Vivek Kundra said.

  • By Brandi Vincent

White House Announces ‘Gears of Government’ Award Winners

The White House recognized two dozen federal employees for delivering outstanding public service.

  • By Frank Konkel

Lawmakers Voice Bipartisan Concern Over 'Chaos' at Homeland Security

Top watchdogs also say turnover is hurting the department.

  • By Eric Katz

How to Speed Up FITARA Adoption

The Government Accountability Office outlined a dozen measures that help agencies improve their IT ecosystems.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Acting Defense Chief Cleared of Accusations of Ethics Abuse

Shanahan did not tilt decisions to former employer Boeing, IG concludes.

  • By Charles S. Clark

Exclusive: What OMB’s New Shared Services Policy Will Mean for Modernization

A new class of shared services providers will manage a “marketplace” of offerings, meaning big changes for employees and modernization plans.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Federal CISO Wants To Move Beyond ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Supply Chain Security

Sweeping bans on Kaspersky Lab, ZTE and Huawei products were the right move, but Grant Schneider thinks the government needs a more scalable approach.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Cyber Officials Swear They Aren't the Enemy

Federal cyber officials want to help agencies build more secure health care systems, not just say no.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Moving from Random Acts of Digital to Real Transformation

Too often, government agencies and businesses alike pin their hopes on a single type of transformative technology.

  • By Scott Buchholz and Kavitha Prabhakar

Cloud Success Starts at the Top

Top-down support is “game-changer” for innovation efforts, federal tech leaders said.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Nominations Open for New Government Leadership Awards

We'll be naming an all-star team of officials who have gone above and beyond to serve the American people.

  • By Tom Shoop

Trump Upends Homeland Security Department in Mass Removal of Top Staff

Experts and former officials call the bulk turnover unhealthy, unprecedented and "enormously disruptive."

  • By Eric Katz

How Customer Experience is Disrupting Government Technology

Better service delivery is changing the way implementers and users view technology.

  • By Frank Konkel

Is Your Agency Ready for AI?

Federal agencies can be particularly susceptible to AI failure, for several reasons.

  • By Melvin Greer

The Promise and Limitations of AI in Cybersecurity

In the cybersecurity arena, hype runs deep, and AI is no exception.

  • By Alexander García-Tobar