Estelle Richman serves as chief operating officer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Prior to joining HUD, Richman was the welfare secretary at the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, a position she held for seven years. Richman’s has spent more than 25 years in the public-service sector. Before her role as welfare secretary, [...]

As the snow finally begins to melt, and the metro and buses begin to run at (almost) normal schedules, the federal government reopens.  Government personnel return to work today, Friday, February 12th for the first time since last Thursday. Last night, at the usual announcement time of 6 pm, the Office of Personnel Management, informed [...]

Chris Cummiskey is chief of staff for management at the Department of Homeland Security. In that capacity, he counsels and provides leadership on issues related to homeland security initiatives, operations, and programs to the under secretary for management within the DHS. Cummiskey also represents the under secretary on management policies and long- and short-term programs [...]

Todd Park joined the Health and Human Services Department as chief technology officer in August 2009. He is the former co-founder and board director of AthenaHealth, a practice-management company. Prior to his position at AthenaHealth, Park was a healthcare-management consultant with Booz Allen and Hamilton. Park’s current duties include reporting to Deputy Secretary of Health [...]

John Berry, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, is the key person who decides whether or not the federal government remains open during snowstorms. Blizzard 2010 has closed the federal government for five days in a row now. Will there be six? This will not be decided until 6 pm tonight. The decision [...]

While most segments of the federal government are investing in social media as a means of meeting the president’s Open Government directive, some are being a little more creative than others. The Department of Homeland Security is using social media to help support a major goal – securing the Southwest border. The site is called [...]

There are new demands for internationally oriented executives. A recent GovernmentExecutive report stated, “There is a scarcity of leaders and staff well-versed and experienced in the global environment at many traditionally domestic-oriented agencies.” There is a mind frame that domestic and foreign affairs are separate, when in fact, there is a need for more international [...]

Laurie Morman serves as chief of staff at the Office of Management of the Department of Energy. In that capacity, Morman is responsible for human resources, budget and financial support, IT, administrative support for the Office of the Secretary, and competitive sourcing. Before her current position, Morman was director of DOE’s Administrative, Budget & Resource [...]

Joe Rose is the Department of Education’s chief enterprise architect. In this role, Rose has created and developed the department’s Enterprise Architecture (EA) program. Under his supervision, DOE established an effective EA governance structure, comprehensive future state vision, and an actionable enterprise-wide Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy. Prior to his current position, Rose served as [...]

Scott Quehl was nominated in 2009 by President Obama as assistant deputy chief management officer at the Department of Commerce. Quehl was formerly president of Quehl Advisors, LLC, and senior managing director at Public Resources Advisory Group, where he advised state and local governments on issues related to capital market, budgeting, and management initiatives. At [...]