Matt Lira Archives

White House, Office of Management and Budget, West Wing, Press Briefing — (Getty Images)

IT Centers of Excellence program is signed into law

The legislation codifies an IT modernization program that the General Services Administration already has been investing in.

Dec 3, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Matt Lira speaks at the 2017 Digital Nation Summit. (FedScoop)

White House adviser floats idea of CXOs at agencies

CIOs largely oversee digital user experience currently, but that could change, says Matt Lira, if agencies had customer experience officers (CXOs).

Nov 6, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

USDA’s Jamie L. Whitten building. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

2018 in review: The year of the Centers of Excellence

The initiative that aims to "accelerate" IT modernization across government by creating central repositories for "best practices" officially got underway this year.

Dec 28, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Matt Lira says the Centers of Excellence initiative is ‘crushing it’

Could this be the "enterprise-level, agency-wide transformation" tool the government needs? Lira thinks so.

Oct 3, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters Whitten Building, in Washington, D.C., on May 26, 2017. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

USDA releases RFQs for Phase II of its IT Modernization Centers of Excellence

USDS has big plans for data center consolidation and cloud migration.

Aug 2, 2018 By Billy Mitchell

Civic digital fellowship 2018 — A group of the 2018 Civic Digital fellows. (Courtesy of Coding it Forward)

Here’s what year two of Coding it Forward’s Civic Digital Fellowship looks like

This summer the program is looking to establish itself firmly within the federal government's "innovation family."

Jul 3, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Joanne Collins-Smee, head of GSA’s IT Modernization Centers of Excellence program, at the 2018 IT Modernization Summit.

What we know about Phase II of the USDA Centers of Excellence

An industry day offered some insight into what to expect.

Jun 28, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Trump’s Office of American Innovation must be more transparent, senators say

Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Gary Peters call the office's goals "admirable," but say that it is "potentially a vehicle for cronyism and waste."

May 2, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Matt Lira speaks March 14, 2018, in Washington, D.C., at the Federal Innovation Summit sponsored by Samsung and presented by FedScoop. (FedScoop)

Matt Lira stresses the need for long-term modernization strategies in government

The Office of American Innovation wants to build this kind of capacity, the special assistant to the President said on Wednesday.

Mar 14, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Chris Liddell, White House — Chris Liddell delivers a keynote address at the 2017 FedTalks at Night. (FedScoop)

Could Chris Liddell be leaving the Office of American Innovation too?

If Liddell becomes Trump's next economic adviser, what would that mean for Jared Kushner's IT modernization-focused office?

Mar 12, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier