Modernization
IT, cyber challenges loom for next administration
Big data, modernization and other issues will link the incoming and outgoing administrations.
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Donald Trump's management agenda
The president-elect has hinted at his management priorities. Alan Balutis pulls all those clues into one place.
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Trump transition names agency leads
The government-in-waiting announced a roster of landing team leaders to handle the details of the transition on an agency-by-agency basis.
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Why the transition team needs to get moving at DOD
External and internal risks abound, and experts warn that "they’re not going to have time to fill the ranks before they're going to have to start dealing with these challenges."
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Trump teams begin meeting with federal agencies
President-elect Donald Trump has begun to deploy transition teams in three waves to meet with federal agencies.
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Seven steps to a smooth transition
ACT-IAC paper offers advice to the next administration on cybersecurity, management, workforce and more.
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Priming the pump for innovation in the next administration
A new report offers a range of suggestions for encouraging and sustaining innovation in government.
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HR chiefs: President Trump won't cause government exodus
Federal chief human capital officers are keeping their noses to the grindstone -- and trying to keep their employees doing the same -- in preparation for the impending presidential transition.
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Make shared services a shared success
To realize the benefits of shared services, IT leaders must develop a migration strategy that informs participants of their responsibilities and determines the steps involved.
Modernization
GSA completes initial agency telecom inventory
As GSA awaits bids for its next-generation telecom contract, it completed an important inventory of services that federal agencies are using under current contracts.
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Time to measure the White House drapes for the next occupant
A new center to support the presidential transition officially launched Jan. 20, a year ahead of the next inauguration.
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DOE tech officer set to leave
Associate CIO and CTO Peter Tseronis is leaving the Energy Department at the end of the month.
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Soloway leaving PSC
After 15 years leading the Professional Services Council, Stan Soloway is making time for another act in his career.
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Library of Congress names new CIO
Bernard A. Barton Jr. fills a position that has been vacant since 2012.
Cybersecurity
DOE CISO heads to Commerce
Rod Turk is returning to the Commerce Department after a year at Energy.
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Facebook's Miller named first White House product director
Josh Miller pointed to online petitions and Twitter engagement as examples of "amazing" government-citizen interaction, and promised more to come.
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Out-of-sight CIO resigns over the weekend, posts new job to LinkedIn
Barry West is out as CIO at the FDIC, and is now president of the Mason Harriman Group.
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IG, House chairman lambast OPM's CIO
Lawmakers take aim, an inspector general claims wrongdoing, an agency offers a vaguely worded defense. Is another leadership change in the works at the Office of Personnel Management?
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House of Representatives seeking new CIO
Former House CIO Nelson Moe left two months ago, and the House continues to quietly recruit for a replacement.
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