Ann Dunkin

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)FILE- In this June 15, 2018, file photo, twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. Default on your federal student loans and the government can take up to 15 percent of each paycheck to satisfy your debt. The Education Department can also withhold federal benefits like tax returns and Social Security payments. Garnishment is an effective tool to recoup unpaid loans, private collection agencies enlisted by the Education Department took in over $841.6 million  via wage garnishment in the 2018 fiscal year, but it inflicts serious financial strain on borrowers who are already struggling. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

OMB tells agencies to target the use of special salary rate

Multiple sources tell Federal News Network the Office of Management and Budget told agencies to target specific job classifications like cyber or data…

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Cloud Exchange 2023: Energy CIO Ann Dunkin on taking advantage of ‘scale,’ security of cloud

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/TraitovCybersecurity and secure nerwork concept. Data protection, gdrp. Glowing futuristic backround with lock on digital integrated circuit.

Energy Dept. cyber leaders look to build off new national strategy

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Congressional oversight to turn up heat on federal IT in 2023

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Cyber, customer experience drove the federal technology story line in 2022

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Photo by Gigi SchummAnn Dunkin, CIO at EPA.

A checkup on cybersecurity with Energy Department CIO Ann Dunkin

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FITARA

FITARA 13 scorecard brings truce to data center consolidation debate

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Former EPA CIO says GSA should be a cabinet level agency

Former EPA CIO Ann Dunkin urges the new leadership in the Biden administration to make GSA a cabinet level position with chief operating authority, so…

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County of Santa Clara/Eric VanceAnn Dunkin, former CIO of the Environmental Protection Agency and Santa Clara County, California.

Ann Dunkin: From schools to EPA to county gov’t

Ann Dunkin’s career included CIO positions at Palo Alto school district, Environmental Protection Agency and Santa Clara County, California.

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Is EPA weakening the authority, power of its CIO?

Multiple sources say EPA is moving its CIO so the executive will no longer report directly to the administrator or deputy administrator.

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