Less then 12 hours after she was confirmed by the Senate, GSA soon-to-be-sworn-in administrator Martha Johnson has reached out to GSA staff — and is seeking their questions and ideas...

We’ve been following the saga forever, but the vote finally happened Thursday afternoon — we had it live as it happened on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris — the Senate first voted to close debate on the Johnson nomination … and then proceeded to confirm Martha N...

The much respected California CIO Teri Takai will be named the Defense Department CIO, insiders confirm. She told her staff yesterday. The Takai appointment was first reported by NextGov’s Bob Brewin, but the official announcement could come very soon, insiders say...

The DorobekInsider told you it was likely to happen — and in fact it has: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) tonight filed a cloture motion for Martha Johnson’s long pending nomination, Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller confirmed...

The DorobekInsider has learned — and confirmed — that Energy Department CIO Tom Pyke notified his staff that he is retiring from that post...

It has been one of the worst kept secrets in town, but it is now official — Adrian Gardner has been appointed the chief information officer forthe NASA Goddard Space Flight Center...

We told you yesterday that Danielle Germain decided to step down as the General Services Administration’s chief of staff for “other opportunities...

Somehow it feels that the White House it clearing off its desk before the end of the year. What else would explain Tuesday’s announcement that Howard Schmidt would be the Obama administration’s cybersecurity coordinator — just shy of seven months after the creation of the post was originally announced...

We reported that GSA deputy commissioner Tyree Varnado has announced internally that he will step down on Jan. 3. It ends up he’s not alone. Mary Powers-King, who is acting deputy assistant commissioner for GSA’s Integrated Technology Services and director of GWAC & IT Schedule Programs...

Tyree Varnado, the deputy commission for the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, told FAS employees that he is retiring from GSA and government services after more than 35 39 years, Federal News Radio has confirmed...

There is a lot of buzz surrounding the General Services Administration, so… I’m saying this up front — this is all unconfirmed, but… it is the buzz...

We have been telling you about a number of management reorganizations at a number of agencies… Of course, the Agriculture Department has quietlyundertaken a significant reorganization of its agency management — read more here… There were also changes at the top ranks of the Department of Veterans Affairs management organization… The Department of Health and Human Services is also reorganizing its management structure, according to a Federal Register notice, creating the Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology...

The federal government is losing another of its rising stars — but only the larger goal of public service. Earlier, we told you that GovLoop — the burgeoning online government-focused collaboration platform that describes itself as the Facebook for feds — was purchased by Scott Burn’s GovDelivery...

Two names in the government IT community have found new homes. Charles “Chuck” Christopherson Jr., the former chief information officer and chief financial officer at the Agriculture Department, has joined SAP as senior vice president of industry solutions...

A memo from OPM Director John Berry has started to leak out that seems to give the OPM CIO greater visibility and authority within the agency —and a direct report to the OPM director himself...