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Mike Shepherd, the director of the catalog management office at GSA, said the next step for the catalog modernization effort is to bring in service contractors.
Luis Lopez, the Education Department’s chief information officer, said the new customer advisory council is helping drive technology modernization decisions across the agency.
Yvette Bourcicot, the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, said with 500 occupations separated into 11 career fields, the service is reimagining how it attracts, retains and develops civilian employees.
Matt House, the program manager for the continuous diagnostics and mitigation program at CISA, said the governmentwide dashboard is in a good place in terms of capability and usage across the government.
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Christopher Bartz will be the next deputy CIO at the Homeland Security Department after spending his career with the service.
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Christine Harada, the senior advisor in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said more than 700 contracting officers have taken the new certification process of the Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) in the first year.
The Energy Department created standard training courses to ensure employees have a baseline understanding of zero trust requirements, while the CFBP is focused on software development, including open source software.
Ask the CIO, Federal News Network’s longest running show, received attention for the unusual agencies or people rather than the usual topics of cloud, cyber and customer experience.
Tom Howder, the soon-to-be acting commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said expanding the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) program is one of several new priorities for fiscal 2024.
Multiple sources tell Federal News Network the Office of Management and Budget told agencies to target specific job classifications like cyber or data scientists or certain grade levels for increased salaries.
Jason Mervyn, a lead IT specialist for the US Mint at West Point, said the agency is figuring out how back end operational technology systems can continue to run without legacy telecommunications technology.
Andre Mendes, the Commerce Department’s chief information officer, said through the use of Technology Business Management framework, the agency has well over 90% of their IT costs categorized properly and in the right towers, which is a huge change.
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