In 2008, Bhagowalia became the chief information officer of the Department of the Interior, with the responsibility to provide leadership to the department and all its bureaus in areas of information resource management and IT. As CIO, Bhagowalia manages the IT infrastructure, applications and information resources supporting the department’s different mission areas, including Fish, Wildlife [...]

Milazzo is the deputy chief information officer for IT operations at HUD. As such, Milazzo duties include the supervision of the department’s IT infrastructure-operations around the country. In 1970, Milazzo began his career at HUD as a computer operator, and he has held assorted leadership positions in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. More [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed a report that the carbon dioxide emission levels that come from new vehicles has gone down for the 5th year in a row. This is good news from the EPA, since rising carbon dioxide emissions is one of the major contributors to global warming. The levels are back at [...]

Guthrie is the CIO of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. She has been in this position since May 2009.  Before this position, Guthrie was the Director of the Information Technology and Systems Division at the Institute for Defense Analyses. Prior that that role, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense [...]

Travers is the Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator and the Acting CIO of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Information. It is her role to help support the EPA’s mission to protect the environment and public health. Before this role, Travers worked as the Deputy Office Director for the Office of Technology Planning and [...]

Today the International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management made known that they will be hosting the annual conference from December 2nd through December 4th in Washington D.C. The conference will include workshops, case studies, and interactive presentations. Speakers, who are senior level government financial managers, will be present and representing more than 30 different countries. The theme of [...]

Former assistant secretary for cyber security with the Department of Homeland Security has recently gone on the record saying Congress is to blame for the lack of a comprehensive cyber security plan in America. Gregory Garcia, assistant secretary since 2006, warned congress to “have a coordinated, leadership-driven process, rather than letting all these committees go [...]

The GSA headquarters was constructed in 1918 and is about to go under some major re-construction. The GSA building on 18th and F street is one of a group of buildings that will be going under reconstruction through the Recovery Act funding. According to a FederalNewsRadio interview, Kevin Kampschrorer, GSA’s Acting Director of the Office [...]

Many Americans support the assumption that China is involved with many of the cyber attacks against our government and Internet infrastructure. A U.S. congressional advisory panel published a report saying that China appeared to be increasingly targeting U.S. computers while gathering data for their military. The report highlighted that China was the most aggressive nation [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency awarded six different Maryland hospitals the Trailblazer Award for their environmental excellence and leadership. T his is the first time the EPA has awarded facilities in Maryland. The hospitals that received this award were: The VA Maryland Health Care System, Atlantic General Hospital, Montgomery General Hospital, LifeBridge Health, the University of [...]