CIOC BLOG

Robert Brese
September 04, 2012
Transform, Protect and Advance – DOE’s IT Modernization Strategy

Robert Brese, Chief Information Officer, Department of Energy

The Obama Administration’s Digital Government Strategy provides a vision for a 21st century government that lays a strong foundation for modernizing technology services across the Federal Government. At Energy, we’re implementing a three-pillar approach – Transform, Protect and Advance – as part …

Simon Szykman
August 29, 2012
Doing More with Less: Taxpayers Will Save with Commerce’s New Adobe Contract

Simon Szykman, Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce

Last summer, President Obama launched the Campaign to Cut Waste, saying, “No amount of waste is acceptable, not when it’s your money. Just as families are living within their means, government should too, so we can invest in the things …

Darren B. Ash
August 27, 2012
Harnessing Technology to Make the NRC More Effective and Efficient

Darren B. Ash, Chief Information Officer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

There was a time when Federal employees had better computer equipment in their offices than what they could purchase for themselves at a local consumer electronics store. While I can’t pinpoint what year that reality switched, it is now a …

CIO Council
August 23, 2012
CIO Council 3-Month Deliverables Under Digital Strategy

CIO Council

The CIO Council released two documents today as part of the 3-month deliverables under the Digital Government Strategy. Details about these two documents are listed below. For a full list of all products and deliverables released to date, please visit …

Steven VanRoekel
August 23, 2012
Building-Blocks of a 21st Century Digital Government

Steven VanRoekel, U.S. Chief Information Officer, Office of Management & Budget

Today marks three months since we released the Digital Government Strategy (PDF/ HTML5) – as part of the President’s directive to build a 21st Century Government that delivers better services to the American people. Executing on this vision of government cannot …

Brook Colangelo
August 23, 2012
Enabling a Mobile Workforce through Bring Your Own Device

Brook Colangelo, Chief Information Officer, Executive Office of the President

A key goal of the Administration’s Digital Government Strategy (PDF/HTML), released this past May, is to enable the Federal government’s increasingly mobile workforce to perform their official duties even when away from the office by accessing government information and services …

Linda Y. Cureton
August 19, 2012
The IT Revolution

Linda Y. Cureton, Chief Information Officer, National Aeronautics & Space Administration

NASA’s Open Government Team saw a great turnout in citizens from around the world gathering for 48 hours to develop software code, technology, and solutions.  Teams from every continent gathered to solve challenges that were relevant to both space exploration and …

CIO Council
July 12, 2012
Roadmap Toward IPv6 Adoption for the Federal Government

CIO Council

In September 2010, OMB issued a memorandum requiring federal agencies to transition to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) for public Internet servers and applications in use by the government. With deadlines for that transition coming in September 2012 and again …