US Digital Service

A new push by OMB to get a handle on 10,000 federal websites

OMB, GSA and the USDS are providing the policies, tools and know-how to help agencies improve digital services like federal websites more quickly.

Ask the CIO

DHS sets ‘aggressive’ recruiting strategy to fill AI jobs

Artificial Intelligence

To improve its customer experience, SSA found an unusual partner from the NFL

Ask the CIO

Executive branch agencies are just glomming onto a hiring practice this Congressional bureau has been using for years

Hiring/Retention

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How could improving customer experience boost trust in government?

Management

Strengthening the acquisition talent pipeline is a top GSA priority for 2022

Federal Insights

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Agencies entering ‘execution’ phase of Biden’s cyber executive order

Cybersecurity

CDOs making progress, feeling confident in role, survey finds

Big Data

Federal cyber agencies call zero trust ‘new normal’ of security, partnering to implement

Cybersecurity

White House launches a new round of tech recruitment to nail down big problems

Hiring/Retention

Nicolas Chaillan is the Air Force’s chief software officer. (Photo courtesy AFCEA)

In goodbye message, Chaillan unloads his frustrations over DoD’s technology culture, processes

People

HUD, OPM gain new technology executives, CBP losing its CISO

Alma Cole, the chief information security officer for the Customs and Border Protection directorate in the Department of Homeland Security, is leaving…

Reporter's Notebook

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

For IT, cyber policy goals, dig beneath the numbers of Biden’s 2022 request

The Biden administration is asking for a 2.4% increase and a 14% increase in federal IT and cybersecurity spending, respectively, in fiscal 2022.

Reporter's Notebook

Close up of hands typing on laptop. Night work concept.

First cohort of federal employees graduate from OMB’s data science upskilling program

Workforce

The upskilling program gives agencies a chance to fill critical skill gaps faster than what they could accomplish by onboarding new talent through the competitive hiring process.