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The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Federal banking regulator appoints leader for new office of technology

Prashant Bhardwaj joins the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency after a 30-year career in financial services.

Mar 30, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

The building of the Federal Trade Commission in downtown Washington DC. (Image credit: Getty Images).

Federal Trade Commission launches an Office of Technology

The new department will be led by FTC Chief Technology Officer Stephanie Nguyen.

Feb 17, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

The entrance to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

FDIC appoints Chezian Sivagnanam to IT architecture leadership role

Sivagnanam joins from the National Science Foundation, where he was chief enterprise architect for 13 years.

Oct 13, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

The entrance to NASA’s Johnson Space Center is shown in Houston on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Kacey Cherry / AFP)

NASA Johnson Space Center tech chief: agency focused on working with industry to spur innovation

Nick Skytland highlights the approach his team takes to procuring sophisticated leading-edge technology and says this is being similarly applied to IT acquisition.

Sep 26, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Members of the Secret Service arrive to board Air Force One to escort US President Donald Trump at Andrews Air Force Base May 4, 2017 in Maryland. Image credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images.

Former federal officials question Secret Service records retention policy following deletion of Jan. 6 texts

The deletion of Secret Service phone records around the time of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot raises wider questions about the collection of staff cell phone data…

Aug 8, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

VA inventorying data assets, constructing virtual test environment for AI apps

The department is further preparing a statement of objectives for industry on transforming its supply chain with AI.

May 19, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

The acting director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Nand Mulchandani, briefs reporters about DoD’s recent initiatives with artificial intelligence, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 8, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

CIA hires first-ever chief technology officer

Nand Mulchandani brings more than 25 years' experience working in Silicon Valley and at the Department of Defense.

May 2, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Heidi Shyu, the assistant secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), toured a CERDEC lab along with CERDEC Director Henry Muller, CERDEC Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate Director John Willison, and CECOM Deputy Director Gary Martin to learn more about the center’s Hardware/Software Convergence initiative at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., June 16. CERDEC is modernizing and modularizing C4ISR and Electronic Warfare components so that there is a standard interface to better and more quickly facilitate the integration, compatibility and interoperability of new capabilities for the Army’s various platforms. (U.S. Army CERDEC photo by Kristen Kushiyama)

Former Army acquisition chief tapped to be DOD CTO

Heidi Shyu will be tapped by the president to lead the DOD's research and engineering enterprise, which grants billions of dollars for science and technology.

Apr 28, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

FEMA working to clarify cyber controls

Only then can the agency use automation for compliance, according to its CTO.

Mar 10, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Former U.S. CTO Todd Park speaks at a FedScoop event in 2014. (FedScoop)

What, exactly, is a U.S. CTO?

A look back at the relatively short history of the White House's chief technology officer role and accomplishments of the first four people to hold it.

Oct 5, 2020 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier