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CIOs education evolves over time
Carnegie Mellon University's CIO Institute helps train the next generation of senior technology managers.
January 12, 2012
Tags: technology , Carnegie Mellon University , Ari Lightman , training , Jason Miller
HUD takes three-pronged approach to improve IT projects
The agency is using a new project management approach, TechStat sessions and new CIO authorities to fix long-standing oversight problems. HUD CIO Jerry Williams said all seven priority programs met their cost, schedule and performance goals this year.
Tags: technology , HUD , Jerry Williams , Chris Niedermayer , TechStat , GAO , IT oversight , CIO authorities , Project management , Jason Miller
Cyber test gives Army Corps faith in system resilience
The DoD Cyber Command poked and prodded the Army Corps' Los Angeles district's network during a recent Command Cyber Readiness Inspection. Army Corps of Engineers CIO Bob Kazimer said the analysis will give the rest of the agency lessons learned to improve cybersecurity across the Corps.
December 15, 2011
Tags: technology , Bob Kazimer , Army Corps of Engineers , cybersecurity , DoD , Cyber Command , virtualization , Lockheed Martin , A-76 , IT services , Jason Miller
Savannah River making up for lost IT time
Phil Cirrulli, the chief information officer for the managing and operations contractor for the site, is improving the national lab's infrastructure to support widespread wireless access. He also is shutting down legacy mainframe systems after implementing a new ERP system.
December 1, 2011
Tags: technology , DoE , Savannah River Site , Phil Cirrulli , mobile computing , wireless access , ERP , Jason Miller
Indian Health Service facing data deadline
Acting CIO Howard Hays said the agency is taking advantage of the work VA is doing to update its systems. Indian Health Services borrows heavily from VA's VistA electronic health records system.
November 17, 2011(Encore presentation December 29, 2011)
Tags: technology , Howard Hays , Indian Health Service , health IT , Jason Miller , Department of Veteran Affairs , DoD , electronic health records , telemedicine , VistA
VA solves project management woes through competency models
The agency puts employees in pools based on their expertise, and then the employees move from project to project based on the needs of that program. VA now is working on 60 percent more projects than under the previous approach.
November 10, 2011(Encore presentation December 22, 2011)
Tags: technology , Stephen Warren , Veterans Administration , Project management , PMAS , Jason Miller
With improved cybersecurity, Los Alamos moves to cloud, wireless
Tom Harper, the lab's CIO, said the national laboratory created an infrastructure-on-demand platform for easy provisioning of cloud services. He said Los Alamos also introduced WiFi earlier this year for access to its unclassified network.
Tags: technology , Tom Harper , Energy , Los Alamos , cybersecurity , cloud computing , mobile computing , Jason Miller
With improved cybersecurity, Los Alamos moves to cloud, wireless
Tom Harper, the lab's CIO, said the national laboratory created an infrastructure-on-demand platform for easy provisioning of cloud services. He said Los Alamos also introduced WiFi earlier this year for access to its unclassified network.
Tags: technology , Tom Harper , Energy , Los Alamos , cybersecurity , cloud computing , mobile computing , Jason Miller
NARA tackling records management in the cloud
The archives is working with the CIO Council to figure out how to move records stored in the cloud more easily and ensure their authenticity. Mike Wash, NARA's CIO, said this is a problem looming for every agency as more and more of them move to the cloud computing. NARA is considering how to move its internal email to a managed service provider.
October 12, 2011(Encore presentation November 24, 2011)
Tags: technology , Mike Wash , NARA , cloud computing , records management , ERA , meta data , Jason Miller
ICE not sitting on cyber laurels
Immigration and Customs Enforcement received a score of 95 on its FISMA report card in 2011. Jeff Eisensmith, the ICE CISO, said the agency is implementing continuous monitoring and increasing the training of its employees.
Tags: technology , Jeff Eisensmith , Immigration and Customs Enforcement , DHS , cybersecurity , continuous monitoring , insider threat , Jason Miller
