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Tech Force Director Kevin Hennecken told an audience at a Alliance for Digital Innovation event on Capitol Hill on May 27, 2026, that the tech hiring program is currently onboarding. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

Tech Force director says roughly 200 have been hired through the program

The tech talent hiring program began onboarding over the past couple of weeks and anticipates its first management-level hire from industry to start soon.
A view of the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is pictured in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

HUD picks former EV engineering exec Eric Sidle as CIO

The agency said in a memo to staff that Sidle, a ChargePoint and Apple alum, “will use his invaluable experience as a tech leader” to help promote…
The Department of Housing and Urban Development building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019. (Photo by ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)

Housing and Urban Development has a new acting CIO

Juan Sargeant is the latest new chief IT official under the Trump administration, according to CIO.gov, taking over for Sairah Ijaz.
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House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks with Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., before a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 6, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House Financial Services Committee leaders eye AI regulatory push

Reps. Patrick McHenry and Maxine Waters introduce measures targeting the technology’s impact on housing and the financial sector.
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