New life from the Brain Drain

They then point to Janet Hale's recent departure.It is interesting because there were mini-parties after . And we had criticized the agency for failing to elevate the agency CIO to where it is part of the agency's senior management team. (How seriously does an organization really take information sharing if the CIO is burried within the organization chart?)Since Hale's departure, however, I have heard people saying good things about her -- that she wasn't as much interested in her public persona as much as she was interested in getting the work done.I don't know, of course. I do know, however, that DHS seems to be in competition with GSA in terms of troubled agencies right now.The work both DHS and GSA do is so important, so we hope they do get it right -- no pun intended.