In his first public address since his appointment as federal CIO, Steven VanRoekel said his first priority will be to maximize the government’s ROI in technology innovation beginning with closing and optimizing data centers.
At an event co-hosted by TechAmerica, TechNet and PARC on Tuesday at the Churchill Club in Palo Alto. Keep reading →
Technology holds massive cost-saving potential, but the bleak budget outlook means engaging stakeholders and building solid relationships along with high-level leadership will be the most important factors in achieving innovation in government.
Technology innovation discussions at this week’s Executive Leadership Conference touched on the usual suspects — data center consolidation and the cloud – and the anticipated cost savings. Keep reading →
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel announced that the Chief Information Officers Council has officially launched the Technology Fellows Program.
Working with the Office of Personnel Management, the initiative follows through with another essential reform item from the 25 Point Plan to Reform Federal IT Management. Keep reading →
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski (pictured) 
has appointed David B. Robbins to be the FCC’s new managing director, effective September 12, 2011. He will succeed Steve VanRoekel, who left the agency earlier this year for a post at USAID before being named U.S. chief information officer earlier last month.
Robbins joins the FCC from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), where he served as associate administrator for the Office of Management & Administration, leading a number of the SBA’s core functions, including human capital management, facilities management, security, records management, executive secretariat, administrative services, and grants management, according to an FCC statement. He also served as director of the Loan Management and Accounting Systems Modernization Program. Keep reading →
COMMENTARY:
With the announcement of Steven VanRoekel as the new Federal Chief Information Officer, many are wondering how the 25-point plan will continue, and what new initiatives will be evaluated as we embark on a new era of IT within the federal government.
Rather than to launch major new initiatives, Steven VanRoekel has already made it known that his main goal during his tenure as Federal CIO is to continue momentum surrounding the programs already in development by his predecessor, Vivek Kundra. Keep reading →
Like most everyone this past week, I was surprised, (although not shocked) when Steven VanRoekel was appointed as the new Federal CIO.
Vivek Kundra’s legacy(technically, he still is in office for a few more days) will be “Cloud First”, the “Open Government Initiative” and the proponent of “common APIs” such those used in data.gov. Keep reading →
The role of federal chief information officers is about to shift, according to the government’s new top CIO, Steven VanRoekel, who was named last week to succeed outgoing CIO, Vivek Kundra.
In a White House blog post published last night, VanRoekel highlighted four new areas of focus for federal CIOs: Governance, Commodity IT, Program Management, and Information Security. Keep reading →
Steven VanRoekel, the White House’s newly-named federal chief information officer wasted little time thanking Twitter followers from his new account, @stevenvDC at the Office of Management and Budget’s CIO office.
In one of his first messages, he wrote: Keep reading →
Federal technology followers are still taking stock of the White House’s choice 
to be the next federal chief information officer, Steven VanRoekel.
While a surprise choice to many in the government IT community, VanRoekel, 41, is a familiar face in the Obama administration. Keep reading →