Adele Merritt, who has run technology operations at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) since 2022, started work today as the new chief information officer (CIO) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) tapped Jennifer Wendel to serve as its permanent chief information officer (CIO) on Nov. 18, according to the agency’s website. […]

The Department of Energy (DoE) has tapped Dawn Zimmer as the agency’s new principal deputy chief information officer (CIO), according to a LinkedIn post by Zimmer on Nov. 21. […]

Bob De Luca, a former top tech official at the General Services Administration (GSA), has been named chief information officer (CIO) at the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).  […]

Patrick Newbold will be joining the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) component as its new chief information officer (CIO) and director of the Office of Information Technology.  […]

Thomas Flagg stepped into the Education Department’s chief information officer (CIO) role this week to fill the agency’s top tech position that had sat vacant for six months. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) has named Dovarius Peoples deputy chief information officer (CIO), a GSA spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk on Sept. 27.   […]

The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (CIO) announced this week that Barry Tanner will serve as the next deputy CIO. […]

Labor Department (DoL) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Gundeep Ahluwalia is stepping down from his role after more than eight years at the agency, and 12 in the Federal government. […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is welcoming Peiter “Mudge” Zatko back to the agency as its new chief information officer (CIO) as of June, a DARPA spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) – a research component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – National Eye Institute (NEI) has tapped Kevin Chu to serve as deputy chief information officer (CIO) according to his LinkedIn profile. […]

Department of Transportation (DoT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg always says that safety is the DoT’s “North Star.” According to the department’s top cyber and IT official, safety is no longer possible without cybersecurity. […]

Three Federal chief information officers (CIO) said this week that the current surge of interest in AI technologies presents an opportunity for the Federal government to reform its hiring processes to meet demand for a larger AI workforce. […]

U.S. Air Force Chief Information Officer (CIO) Venice Goodwine said today she is realizing benefits from the ServiceNow platform as she works to build a “coalition of the willing” in the service branch to harness technology to improve the speed and quality of workflows. […]

After 16 years in the Federal government, the Education Department’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) Luis Lopez is departing this month to head to the private sector, a department spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]

After nearly 20 years in the Federal government, David Nelson – chief information officer (CIO) at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) – is slated to retire from public service on Friday, Jan. 26. […]

The White House is looking for a new chief information officer (CIO) to serve as the principal adviser and consultant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director and senior leadership team on all OMB IT matters. […]

With the IRS collecting more than $4.9 trillion in Federal taxes for fiscal year 2022 – totaling 96 percent of all government funding for that year – it’s more important than ever for the agency to speed the development of modernized services for taxpayers and more efficient tax collection for government. […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has tapped its Chief Information Officer (CIO) David Nelson to serve as the NRC’s lead on AI operations, an agency spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk today. Nelson also serves as the commission’s chief data officer. […]

The growth of AI technology is coming on at a “fast and furious” pace, and Federal agencies need to buckle in and prepare themselves for the technology’s rapid proliferation, a panel of Federal agency chief information officers said this week. […]

Boston Government Services, a top contractor to the Department of Energy (DoE) for technology and security services, has named former DoE Chief Information Officer Rocky Campione vice president of cybersecurity and technology solutions. […]

Energy Department’s (DoE) Chief Information Officer Ann Dunkin said today that DoE is driving innovation in quantum technologies and supercomputing, and highlighted some of the ways that those technologies will begin to positively impact the department’s mission in the future. […]

The IRS has officially chosen Rajiv Uppal as the agency’s new chief information officer (CIO), filling the position which had been without a permanent CIO since March of this year. […]

Jane Rathbun has been tapped to serve as the Department of the Navy’s chief information officer (CIO) on a more permanent basis, officially dropping the “acting” title as of Oct. 29. […]

Jane Rathbun, acting chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Navy, hailed the service branch’s progress toward zero trust security principles through its Flank Speed technology effort during an Oct. 13 address at AFCEA NOVA’s Naval IT event coinciding with the 248th anniversary of the U.S. Navy’s founding. […]

After receiving unprecedented levels of Federal funding during the COVID-19 pandemic, state chief information officers (CIOs) are growing concerned about what will happen to their operations when that funding starts to run out. […]

With the rising number of cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and the increasing cyber capabilities of foreign adversaries, it has become evident that the United States is in a “cyber war,” according to a top Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official. […]

The U.S. Department of the Air Force has appointed Venice Goodwine as the service branch’s new chief information officer (CIO), replacing Lauren Knausenberger, who departed the Air Force in June. […]

Alexis Bonnell, who late last month became the Air Force Research Laboratory’s first chief information officer and director of its new Digital Capabilities Directorate, is viewing her new duties with a “bias to action … that lets me take risk, be curious, and lean in.” […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is in the process of updating its Information Technology Strategic Plan for fiscal years (FY) 2024-28, with an emphasis across the agency on moving away from older legacy IT systems, the agency’s chief information officer (CIO) said today. […]