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...

It was thought that Tuesday might be GSA V-Day — as in Vote Day where the Senate would move along Martha Johnson’s long delayed nominationto be the administrator of the General Services Administration...

Could Tuesday be V-Day for Martha Johnson, the Obama administration’s nominee to be GSA administrator — V-day meaning Senate vote day. Wetold you last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had put Johnson’s on the list for cloture — essentially putting her forward to end debate and then allow a yeah-or-nah vote on her nomination...

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...

Evilee Ebb We told you earlier that Evilee Ebb had left the 1105 Government Information Group has a new gig. She quietly has a new job — Mondaywas her first day at TechTarget, the Needham, Mass...

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...

Yes — more than 10 months into the Obama administration — and Martha Johnson, the nominee to be the administrator of the General ServicesAdministration, is still awaiting Senate confirmation...

The DorobekInsider told you that Daniel I. Gordon would be nominated as the administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy — and soon — and it is now official...

I was out yesterday so I wasn’t able to highlight this — I had heard it was in the works awhile ago — but OMB chief performance officer Jeffrey Zients yesterday announced that Shelley Metzenbaum has joined the Obama administration...

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...

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...

The General Services Administration has named Danielle Germain as the agency’s chief of staff, replacing Cathleen C. Kronopolus, who has been acting chief of staff since January...

A big appointment for the Obama administration: It has been somewhat known but it is all but official — Frank DiGiammarino is moving to the White House...

We’ve been telling you that GSA’s John Johnson was going to announce that he will retire from government in May after 33 years of public service...