Government 2.0 has been a hot topic lately. The Obama administration has had a big push for open government and transparency. However, according to Beth Noveck, deputy CTO of the federal government, transparency will not come so easily. She spoke at a Web 2.0 Expo last week in New York and she explained that the [...]

Aneesh Chopra, the federal government’s chief technology officer, urges that health IT standards need to be simple and easy to understand. He believes that with simple standards, there can be evolution as well. In a recent article NextGov.com reported that Chopra was in a meeting with the Health IT Standards Committee and stated, “The department [...]

Daniel Gordon was confirmed by the Senate to be the administrator of the federal procurement policy for the Obama administration on Nov. 21, 2009. The position has been empty for over a year, and Gordon’s nomination was one that moved very rapidly through the Senate. According to Federal Computer Week, “Gordon is one of the [...]

Duffy is the CIO and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Systems for the U.S. Department of Treasury. He has been in this position since September 2008.  Before working at the Department of Treasury, Duffy worked at the Department of Justice. He was at the U.S. Department of Justice for 15 years and his most recent [...]

Pradhan is the CIO of the U.S. Department of Transportation. He entered this role this past July 2009. Additionally, Pradhan serves as the chief advisor, focusing on IT issues, to Secretary Ray LaHood. Before he started working at the Department of Transportation, Pradhan served as the Chief IT Architect and the Director of the Office [...]

Allen is the Acting CIO of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He has been in this role since December 2008.  Before this position, Allen was the Deputy CIO for Business and IT Modernization.  Prior to that, Allen was the Associate Chief Information Officer for Cyber Security at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [...]

Last week, intelligence officials announced the CIA had won a “turf battle” against the director of national intelligence, in other words, the boss. The battle was really just the guarantee the CIA station chiefs would get dominance over all other personnel and U.S intelligence operations. This has been a month-long battle, ultimately, over which government [...]

Staton is the Deputy CIO of the U.S. Department of Energy. He has held this position since October 2006. Prior to working at the Department of Energy, Staton worked in the Federal government in different IT positions. He spent over 26 years in various positions in the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [...]

Teeter is the Deputy CIO for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prior this role he was t he Chief Enterprise Architect for the Department of Health and Human Services. Teeter has over 27 years of experience working in various positions and areas at the Department of Health and Human Services. One of [...]

Graves is the Deputy CIO of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Before she was selected for this role, in September of 2008, Graves was the Executive Director of the Enterprise Business Management Office, which is within the Department of Homeland Security Office of the CIO. Additionally, she was the Deputy Program manager for the [...]