Ask the CIO

Barney changed USCIS’s cyber culture by putting the user first 04.08.2025 43:25 ↓

Shane Barney, the former CISO at USCIS and currently the CISO for Keeper Security, said the move to zero trust received wide support from the program leaders. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

NPS seeks to balance open, classified research 16.05.2025 43:27 ↓

The Naval Postgraduate School is preparing for the launch of the new Naval Innovation Center to bring together expertise to develop new capabilities. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

OMB preaches patience, flexibility as acquisition reforms take off 28.04.2025 43:10 ↓

Kevin Rhodes, a senior advisor at OMB, says the team rewriting the Federal Acquisition Regulation will be transparent and consider all comments as they slim down the 2,000 page document. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

NAVWAR using Catapult to find SBIR technologies faster 14.04.2025 43:21 ↓

Shadi Azoum, the NAVWAR’s program manager for the SBIR/STTR programs, said about 60% of their entire SBIR and STTR awards take advantage of Catapult. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Optimization is a biproduct of Army’s network consolidation 21.02.2025 43:23 ↓

Leo Garciga, the Army’s CIO, said the Unified Network Optimization initiative is helping the service cut costs and duplicative applications. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Why OMB’s human-centered policy design effort is paying off 10.01.2025 43:28 ↓

Federal CIO Clare Martorana’s tenure is coming to an end in January and she reflects back on her office’s efforts to improve federal technology. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How GSA is delivering new IT capabilities faster than ever 07.11.2024 43:16 ↓

David Shive, GSA’s chief information officer, said concepts like human-centered design and user experience has evolved over the last five plus years. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .