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 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...

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 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...

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...

We told you about this last week, but… CGI Federal made it officially official… The CGI Federal press release from last week: CGI Hires Former Chief Information Officer, U...

Dave McClure, formerly of the Government Accountability Office and most recently from Gartner, will head the General Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services and Communications, which leads the government’s outreach to the public through Web sites including USA...

The DorobekInsider has learned that that former EPA CIO Molly O’Neill will join CGI Federal as a a vice president. Expect the official announcement any time now...

I haven’t been able to get any “official” details from the Transportation Department on the newly DOT CIO Nitin Pradham, but…they have posted his bio on the DOT CIO Web site...

A number of people comings & goings in the past few days… * DOT CIO Nitin Harban I mentioned this a few days ago — at that time unconfirmed — that there was a new CIO at the Transportation Department...

The Obama administration has nominated Christopher P. Bertram to be the Transportation Department’s chief financial officer, otherwise known bythe wonderful title of Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs...

I’ve been working throughout the day to catch up on what I missed over the past week while I was away with some time off. (I often post while I’m away...

I tweeted it last night, but… Government IT veteran Jerry Williams will soon be named as the new CIO at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, insiders are saying...