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...

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...

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...

The Obama administration’s announcement late Friday — and officially made on Saturday — of the OMB deputy director of management/chief performance officer as well as the much discussed Obama chief technology officer has been the talk of weekend water-coolers, such as they are...

The White House issued a release earlier today — under embargo until 6a ET Saturday morning — about two senior White House posts. A numberof organizations decided to reject the embargo, including, somewhat shockingly, an un-bylined story in Federal Computer Week...