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Federal CDO Council selects FERC, DOE officials as new leaders

Kirsten Dalboe will take over as chair, replacing the CFTC’s Ted Kaouk, while Robert King slides into the vice chair spot vacated by DOT’s Dan Morgan.

Jan 26, 2024 By Matt Bracken

A view of the entrance to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building, which houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters, is shown June 5, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

OPM is on the hunt for a new CDO who will also be its chief AI officer

Ted Kaouk’s departure for the CFTC has opened up a dual search for the civil service-focused agency.

Jan 3, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

J. Christopher Giancarlo (House Committee on Agriculture / Flickr)

CFTC chairman: Government must ditch ‘analog regulation,’ embrace blockchain

J. Christopher Giancarlo sees blockchain technology as the key to protecting the government's oversight of markets.

Sep 20, 2017