Obama names technology working group leaders
President-elect Barack Obama has named leaders of the working groups that will guide his administration in technology, innovation and government reform.
In a statement from the transition team, Obama announced his choices: Sonal Shah, Julius Genachowski and Blair Levin.
Shah heads Google's international development work. Genachowski has served on the Federal Communications Commission, co-founded Rock Creek Ventures and LaunchBox Digital, and serves of several boards of directors. Levin is a managing director of Stifel Nicolaus…
(Posted November 19, 2008)
IRS CTO named
Terence Milholland, former executive vice president and chief technology officer at Visa International, is the new CTO of the Internal Revenue Service.
(Posted November 19, 2008)
FCW Insider: How would you write the CTO's job description?
Obama's decision to appoint a governmentwide chief technology officer has generated a lot of discussion about that person's job description. What do you think?
(Posted November 19, 2008)
Daschle in at HHS
President-elect Barack Obama has picked former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle to head the Health and Human Services department.
(Posted November 19, 2008)
Obama 's budget director pick identified
Peter Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office, will be the next White House budget director, according to media reports. Orszag earlier served as an economic adviser in the Clinton White House.
The Obama transition team has not announced the appointment yet, but National Journal, CNN and other media organizations have reported it based on unnamed sources. Former Congressman Jim Nussle is the current Office of Management and Budget director. …
(Posted November 19, 2008)
Leavitt as CTO? Probably not.
Is there any chance that Health and Human Services secretary Mike Leavitt could become the Obama administration's chief technology officer? Blogger Phil Windley says no -- but thinks Leavitt would be a great choice anyway.
(Posted November 18, 2008)
Deloitte nets two
Two of the federal government's leading lights have landed at Deloitte. Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is taking a high-level consulting role there and Tim Young, former Office of Management and Budget deputy administrator, will start there in January.
(Posted November 18, 2008)
The Lectern: VA contracting interns
Blogger Steve Kelman was impressed with his first visit to the VA's Acquisition Academy.
(Posted November 18, 2008)
Get a Life!: Sooner than later
It might be a quicker transition than those of the past and than many of us expected, writes blogger Judy Welles.
(Posted November 18, 2008)
FCW Forum: How would you write the CTO's job description?
Obama's decision to appoint a governmentwide chief technology officer has generated a lot of discussion about that person's job description. What do you think?
(Posted November 18, 2008)
FCW Insider: More talk about Obama's CTO
Appointing a U.S. chief technology officer is a great idea, writes Andrew McAfee of the Harvard Business School. Having a career exec as deputy CTO is also a good idea, a reader says.
(Posted November 18, 2008)
Columnist spies possible Obama intelligence leaders
Colin Clark, writing on the blog DOD Buzz, drops a few possible names to head President-elect Barack Obama¹s intelligence team.
Rep. Tim Roemer (D-Ind.), leads Clark's list. Roemer co-sponsored legislation that created the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission, and co-chaired the commission. …
(Posted November 17, 2008)
Could Balutis become Obama's CTO?
Could Alan Balutis be one of the names President-elect Barack Obama is considering for the chief technology officer spot?
(Posted November 17, 2008)
Fed Tracker: Is Chenok an Obama pick?
Dan Chenok, former branch chief for information policy and technology at OMB, reportedly has been asked to stay out of the spotlight.
(Posted November 17, 2008)
Fed Tracker: Career exec as deputy CTO?
A long-time member of the federal IT community wants to see Obama name a career fed to be deputy chief technology officer.
(Posted November 17, 2008)
FCW Insider: Career exec as deputy CTO?
A long-time member of the federal IT community wants to see Obama name a career fed to be deputy chief technology officer.j
(Posted November 14, 2008)
FCW Insider: Is Chenok an Obama pick?
We have no idea who president-elect Barack Obama is considering to fill the new federal chief technology officer role that he has pledged to create.
We do know that Dan Chenok, former branch chief for information policy and technology in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), had to withdraw suddenly from an upcoming Government Computer News e-Seminar for reasons he couldn't disclose. Some sources tell us he's been asked to stay out of the…
(Posted November 13, 2008)
FCW Insider: How far should Obama take social networking?
An analyst with Forrester Research suggests that Obama appoint a "U.S. community manager" to moderate nationwide online discussions about public policy.
(Posted November 12, 2008)
Get a Life!: Beyond the news
Travel to western states shows the excitement for an Obama administration is real. What are your hopes for the impact on your agency?
(Posted November 12, 2008)
FCW Insider: More about "The Speed of Trust"
Stephen M.R. Covey says leaders must understand that trust is one of the "hidden variables" that will determine the success of their organization.
(Posted November 7, 2008)
Klossner: The bucks stop here
FCW cartoonist John Klossner sympathizes with contracting officers whose jobs might be getting much more difficult, now that GAO can review task order-level protests.
(Posted November 7, 2008)
FCW Insider: After a historic moment
That the election of Barack Obama to the presidency was a historic moment is obvious. What's less obvious is what it will mean for the day-to-day operations of the government. Obama is the first African-American ever elected to the highest office in the land. He's an inspiring speaker, a visionary, and as his running mate Sen. Joe Biden put it, has a "spine of steel." …
(Posted November 5, 2008)
Get a Life!: A transition like no other
This transition may be unlike any in the past and federal workers are in the front seats to the changes that can occur. What do you hope will go right and what could go wrong?
(Posted November 5, 2008)
FCW Insider: Election '08 -- Paper or plastic?
On Election Day 2008, the FCW Insider found himself faced with practical considerations of a topic FCW has dealt with in theory: electronic voting.
(Posted November 4, 2008)
FCW Insider: Procurement reform on the backburner
Efforts to reform contracting laws are not likely to make much headway, a House member tells the Coalition for Government Procurement.
(Posted October 31, 2008)
Letter: How do you manage up?
A readers, signing himself up Mr. MiddleManager, would like to hear more ideas about how to "manage up" when being micromanaged.
(Posted October 30, 2008)
FCW Insider: ELC news in review
Catch up on all the news from this week's Executive Leadership Conference, courtesy of FCW, GCN and Washington Technology.
(Posted October 29, 2008)
Klossner on cost-plus contracting: No surprises
FCW cartoonist John Klossner, who owns a 110 year-old Maine Victorian house, appreciates the need for cost-plus contracting.
(Posted October 27, 2008)
