IT workforce

DHS CIOs see ‘IT academy’ as way to boost growing tech workforce

Like many agencies, DHS is trying to recruit new tech talent. But the agency also wants to advance professional development opportunities for its existing…

Federal Report

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Army’s new digital strategy looks well beyond nuts and bolts of IT modernization

Defense

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

CISA looks to tie together public-private partnerships through new cyber planning office

Cybersecurity

Army taking fresh look at overhauling financial IT systems

On DoD

Global competition for AI talent grows each day

Hiring/Retention

CIO Council recommends new pay system to better recruit, retain future federal IT workforce

Workforce

Valuable, messy and contentious: How big data became ‘new oil’

Big Data

Secret Service needs to upgrade its IT workforce

Getting a top-notch IT crew takes real planning and strategy. The Secret Service has a lot of work to do there.

Federal Drive

Agencies no longer have to wait on OPM for certain direct-hire authorities

The Office of Personnel Management is giving agency heads the flexibility to decide whether they need direct-hire authority to fill certain IT positions…

Hiring/Retention

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Transforming IT starts with understanding the people, and their processes

Innovation in Government

Steve Harris, the senior vice president and general manager of Dell EMC Federal, said agencies need to give their workforce better, more secure technologies.