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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Christopher Piehota of the FBI have received service awards from the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council. HSDBC presented the 2018 Distinguished Service Award to McCaul and the Exceptional Service in Support for Government-Industry Engagement Award to Piehota at its annual dinner held on Dec. 13, the council said Friday.

LaVerne Council, national managing principal for enterprise technology strategy and innovation at Grant Thornton, told Federal News Radio in an interview published Tuesday that agency chief information officers seeking to establish trust within their departments should integrate mission goals with data-based information technology strategies. Council, former CIO at the Department of Veterans Affairs, noted that agency CIOs should start with their employees when it comes to building "digital trust."

Thomas Harker, associate deputy assistant secretary for financial policy at the Department of Veterans Affairs, will be nominated as assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy financial management and comptroller office. The White House said Friday Harker previously held operational and financial management roles at the U.S. Coast Guard before he retired …

Respondents in the American Society of Military Comptrollers’ 2016 survey of financial management professionals urge the next administration to conduct a comprehensive review of financial management information technology modernization efforts. Grant Thornton said Thursday,  the respondents have also recommended the incoming administration to develop mitigation strategies as well as focus initial …

A new survey from Grant Thornton and the Professional Services Council has found many federal chief information and security officers consider cybersecurity as their main concern. PSC said Monday 28 percent of CIOs and CISOs who responded to the survey said they have witnessed an increase of between 51 and 100 percent in …

A Grant Thornton and Professional Services Council report reveals that federal acquisition professionals believe agencies must grab the opportunity to leverage new skills and ideas and transform the acquisition workforce, the Federal Times reported Thursday. Andy Medici writes that respondents in the latest PSC-Grant Thornton Acquisition Policy Survey also pointed to challenges that have hindered …

A new survey from Grant Thornton and TechAmericasays many federal chief information and security officers consider information technology workforce concerns as among their top challenges, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Brittany Ballenstedt writes 52 percent of CIOs, CISOs, information resource management officers and congressional oversight committees identified recruitment and retention of IT …

Grant Thornton Principal George DelPrete said the information technology budget challenges of the past few years has given tech managers an opportunity to better organize their spending priorities, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes the official cited a new TechAmerica CIO Survey, which found IT leaders spent 10 …

Congress should enact a new pay scale and job classification system for federal workers to combat a retiring workforce and outdated hiring policies, a Grant Thornton study says. Federal News Radio reports the firm, along with the Partnership for Public Service, surveyed 55 federal chief human capital officers and other …

TechStat accountability sessions have been hailed in federal IT circles as a way to cut back on wasteful spending. The face-to-face meetings, which bring together all levels of stakeholders to make decisions on overbudget and behind-schedule projects rely on data captured by the IT Dashboard. But that particular tool is …