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Guy Cavallo, who has been serving as acting chief information officer at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) since March 2021, has been named OPM’s permanent CIO. Cavallo, who joined OPM in September as principal deputy CIO, unveiled a cloud initiative this spring as part of OPM’s modernization efforts.

Luis Cano, formerly head of the Census Bureau's Decennial Contract Execution Office, has transitioned to a new role as chief information officer of the agency. He replaced Gregg Bailey, who stepped into the CIO role on an acting basis since Kevin Smith's departure in Jan 2021. 

Karen Evans, chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said DHS is looking to hire a new chief data officer to support planning and evaluation work. Evans said that she believes the new CDO will likely play a key role in the department’s Cyber Talent Management System. 

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has selected Matthew Kozma to assume the role of chief information officer (CIO) of the intelligence community (IC), FedScoop reported on Friday. Kozma will succeed John Sherman, who left to join the DoD as principal deputy CIO in July. La’Naia Jones has served as acting CIO since Sherman’s departure.

Rubrik has appointed LTG Bruce Crawford to its public sector advisory board to advance the company’s product life cycle, effective in Oct. 2020. On the Rubrik advisory board, Crawford will help the company solve federal data challenges. Crawford recently retired as the chief information officer (CIO) of the U.S. Army in Aug. 2020. 

The U.S. Army has announced a new workforce strategy, “People Strategy,” the to transform the service branch’s approach to its civilian workforce by focusing on talent management, the Army reported on Friday. 

The Department of Defense (DoD) has appointed Dave Spirk as the new chief data officer (CDO). In his new role, he will help the department execute its Digital Modernization Strategy, bringing years of experience within data modernization and transformation. Spirk will begin in his new role in the Department on June 22, 2020.

IBM has announced a broad range of new AI-powered capabilities and services to help CIOs automate IT infrastructures, achieve resiliency against future disruptions and to help reduce costs, the company reported on Tuesday. 

Siemens Government Technologies (SGT) has appointed Ankur Rawat as chief information officer (CIO), the company reported on Monday.