Many needs predate the global crisis, according to the Professional Services Council, and will need attention moving forward.

(Photo: Colby Hochmuth/FedScoop) Sen. Tom Coburn came out swinging at today’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on reducing duplication and improving results in federal IT.…

Management of Change conference (Photo: David Stegon/FedScoop) The Commerce Department has dramatically changed its information technology structure over the past year, delegating more authority to its 12…

Dr. Andrew Ozment, senior director of cybersecurity at the White House, at McAfee’s Public Sector Summit presented by FedScoop. (Photo: FedScoop) You’ve heard of TechStat and PortfolioStat.…

Simon Szykman After seven years as an agency chief information officer — first at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and then at the Commerce Department…

“This is the first step in collapsing dozens more network command and control nodes for bases, posts, camps, and stations, significantly reducing the network management overhead,” Winnefeld…

The average lifespan of a chief information officer in the federal government is 18 months. Simon Szykman has surpassed that lifespan — twice. Szykman has been operating…

The Department of Commerce has launched a blog series to highlight some of department-wide efforts to eliminate wasteful spending and support an economy built to last. In…

Commerce CIO Simon Szykman In many ways, federal chief information officers answer to many bosses: agency and department leaders, citizens, employees, the White House – and finally…

Federal government chief information officers have started posting agency information technology reform updates related to objectives outlined in the Office of Management and Budget’s 25-Point Plan to…