Gundeep Ahluwalia leaving Labor after 8 years as CIO; White House pushes to support global cooperation on quantum

One of the longest-tenured CIOs in the government announced this week he is stepping away from federal service. Gundeep Ahluwalia sent a letter to staff stating that Friday will be his last day after more than eight years with the Department of Labor. In his note, Ahluwalia called the department’s biggest accomplishment during his time its “ability to attract talent and create leaders,” saying that Labor’s Office of the CIO is “a formidable leadership factory.”

The White House issued a report Monday calling for more funding and interagency coordination for the advancement of international cooperation in quantum information science and technology. The document, released by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, details a series of QIST-related recommendations from a subcommittee within the National Science and Technology Council, including that the U.S. government create long-term funding mechanisms for QIST collaboration and cooperation and “establish and track” global metrics for QIST and the competitiveness of “enabling technologies.”

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