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Trump taps IBM’s Darío Gil for Energy’s undersecretary for science and innovation

Gil previously served on Trump’s President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology under his first administration.

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Trump pick for CIA chief pledges to remain apolitical amid past controversies

John Ratcliffe was questioned over whether he’d remain an impartial national security official after past incidents as Trump’s former director of national intelligence.

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OPM promotes deputy CIO to top tech role

He’ll succeed the recently retired Guy Cavallo in the role.

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Top Oversight Democrat says he’s open to collaborate with the DOGE

The new Department of Government Efficiency — which, despite the “department” referenced in its name, is an advisory effort, not a government department — has aims to trim the federal workforce and hunt efficiencies in tech and fraud reduction efforts.

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GSA administrator: This agency’s workforce delivers effective, efficient government – now and into the future

COMMENTARY |The head of the General Services Administration, which manages administrative functions across the federal government, including real estate, acquisition and information technology, reflects on her tenure.

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OPM CIO announces retirement

Guy Cavallo is the agency’s longest serving CIO in the past decade.

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Submit your Fed100 nominations by Jan. 7

We’re approaching the final few days to nominate your colleagues in the federal tech space for exemplary work in 2024.

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Biden to close federal agencies Jan. 9 for Carter day of mourning

The White House unveiled an executive order Monday giving federal employees Jan. 9 off in recognition of the death of the 39th president.

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Fed 100 deadline extended to Jan. 7, 2025

You have a little extra time to get nominations in for federal IT superstars from the past year.

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Trump announces more tech policy team members

President-elect Donald Trump tapped four people — some returning to the White House after serving in his first administration — to serve on his technology policy team.

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Fed employee advocate Connolly to lead Democrats on House Oversight Committee

The Virginia Democrat could be a leading opponent to Trump’s plans for overhauling the civil service.

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Federal employees could be more easily removed under new House bill 

Rep. Barry Loudermilk’s, R-Ga., MERIT Act proposes radical civil service reforms, including repealing statutes governing unacceptable performance actions, ending union grievances based on adverse personnel actions and prohibiting furlough appeals. 

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Intelligence CIO moves to helm IT at the National Institutes of Health

Adele Merritt, who served as CIO for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence since January 2022, took over as the NIH CIO on Dec. 16.

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Could Biden’s recent strategy to streamline government hiring be scuttled under Trump?

One of the purposes of the administration’s federal hiring improvement plan is to make agencies aware of hiring tools they already have access to.

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Get to know the 2024 Rising Stars

These winners have demonstrated leadership and commitment to how government serves the American people.

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Ernst’s report documenting telework ‘abuse’ obscures more than it reveals

The Iowa senator and head of a new caucus related to President-elect Trump’s planned government efficiency commission misrepresented key statistics regarding telework’s usage at federal agencies.

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Tech modernization, civil service protection big priorities for Virginia's new House Democrat

Virginia’s first Indian-American congressman-elect will bring some tech policy chops to Capitol Hill.

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Industry sees potential in Trump AI czar pick

Following President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of venture capitalist David Sacks to serve as his administration’s AI and Crypto Czar, experts are optimistic about what Sacks’s experience means for U.S. competitiveness.