Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va. (Gerry Connolly / Flickr) Rep. Connolly blames TMF stagnancy on Congress’ lack of tech knowledge "You start talking about these issues and many of my colleagues... their eyes glaze over and they want to talk about anything else," said Rep. Gerry Connolly. Nov 8, 2019 By Billy Mitchell
(White House / Flickr) White House AI Summit focuses on government as a user of the technology Speakers shared use cases at the Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services and National Institutes of Health. Sep 9, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
(Getty Images) CompTIA, White House promise 625,000 worker certifications by 2024 The trade association and the Trump administration say they want to improve the skills of hundreds of thousands of IT workers nationwide. Jul 22, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir
The GSA building in Washington, D.C. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop) GSA taps former SunTrust CIO as new TTS director GSA has tapped former SunTrust Banks CIO Anil Cheriyan to lead the Technology Transformation Service as its third official director. Dec 7, 2018 By Carten Cordell
The White House on Dec. 1, 2018, with the flag at half staff in honor of the late President George H.W. Bush. (White House / Flickr) Tech executives convene at White House on AI, other ‘industries of the future’ Officials described the meeting as a "listening session" to develop new ideas around budding industries like AI, quantum computing and 5G. Dec 6, 2018 By Billy Mitchell
Chris Liddell speaks Aug. 21, 2018 at FedTalks in Washington, D.C. (FedScoop) Democratic House won’t change IT modernization agenda, White House’s Liddell says “Everything we’ve done in the past two years we’ll continue to do," Chris Liddell said. Nov 9, 2018 By Billy Mitchell
(Getty Images) The White House wants to make civic leave for technologists normal and accessible. Will it take off? It's already happening between major tech companies and government agencies, and the White House says "It's a priority for us." Oct 24, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
The GSA building in Washington, D.C. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop) Kelly Olson tapped to lead TTS following Collins Smee’s departure Olson will oversee GSA's technology acquisition arm, including its IT Modernization Centers of Excellence initiative. Aug 22, 2018 By Carten Cordell
Chris Liddell speaks Aug. 21, 2018 at FedTalks in Washington, D.C. (FedScoop) Chris Liddell is ‘very, very happy’ with IT modernization progress in the past year The White House's deputy chief of staff for policy delivered a year-end valediction of sorts at FedTalks 2018. Aug 22, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
(Getty Images) White House hosts developers conference on Blue Button 2.0 Since the launch of Blue Button 2.0, Seema Verma explained, CMS has seen more than 600 developers “that are starting to look at our data” to build… Aug 13, 2018 By Billy Mitchell