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NRC jumping into cloud, baby-stepping into mobile computing
Darren Ash, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's CIO, said the agency is reviewing vendor responses to a sources sought notice in preparation to move systems to the cloud. NRC employees also are piloting mobile devices.
June 5, 2013
Tags: technology , Darren Ash , Nuclear Regulatory Commission , cloud computing , mobile computing , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Congress pressures agencies to speed up office consolidations
Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management want to know why the NRC spent millions of dollars to renovate office space it may never use. DHS and HHS were praised by the committee for their approach to consolidating office space.
Tags: GSA , management , real estate , real property , Freeze the Footprint , House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee , Jason Miller , Dorothy Robyn , Lou Barletta , HHS , DHS , Ned Holland , Jeffery Orner , William Borchardt
New security standard to boost agency trust, use of mobile devices
On the one-year anniversary of the Digital Government Strategy, the CIO Council and DHS are expected to issue a security baseline and reference architecture for mobile computing. The goal of the document is not to give agencies new requirements but to focus on those security standards that are mobile-centric.
Tags: technology , TechAmerica , CIO survey , Simon Szykman , Commerce , Kevin Cox , CIO Council , Brian Teeple , DoD , mobile computing , cybersecurity , George DelPrete , Grant Thornton , Daren Ash , Jason Miller
HUD CIO Jerry Williams takes new job at Education
Jerry Williams will become the new chief information officer at the Education Department's Office of Federal Student Aid. Patsy Garnett, HUD's acting deputy CIO for IT and business modernization, also is heading to a new agency.
Tags: technology , people , Jerry Williams , HUD , Education Department , Patsy Garnett , workforce , Jason Miller , exclusive , CIO
Industry Chatter: New ACT-IAC leaders discuss priorities
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) has been under new leadership since July. Members of the group elected Darren Ash, the chief information officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to serve as the ACT's president. Meanwhile, Dale Luddeke, the senior vice president and chief growth officer at TASC, was elected the chair of the Industry Advisory Council.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Industry Chatter , ACT-IAC , Dale Luddeke , Darren Ash , TASC ,
Senate approves Obama choice to lead NRC
Geologist Allison Macfarlane will replace Gregory Jaczko, who announced his resignation last month after a tumultuous three-year tenure.
Tags: Senate , Allison Macfarlane , Gregory Jaczko , Kristine Svinicki
Senate approves Obama choice to lead NRC
Tags: Gregory Jaczko , Harry Reid , Barack Obama , Darrell Issa , Congress , technology
Feds' satisfaction with pay dips after two-year freeze
Federal employees were less satisfied with their pay after the two-year pay freeze went into effect in 2010, according to a report by the Partnership for Public Service. Although higher-ranking feds were most satisfied with their pay, the highest-ranking feds — those at the SES level — had the biggest dip in pay satisfaction over the previous year.
Tags: pay and benefits , workforce , FDIC , NASA , OPM , EPA , GSA , State , SBA , SSA , Education , DOT , Labor , TSA
Obama picks GMU prof to replace Jaczko at NRC
President Barack Obama said he plans to nominate Allison Macfarlane to lead the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, just days after the embattled head of the agency announced he would step down.
Tags: Gregory Jaczko , Allison Macfarlane , nuclear waste , Walter Shaub , OGE
NRC chief Gregory Jaczko resigning
Gregory Jaczko is stepping down after more than a year of scrutiny from his colleagues.
Tags: Gregory Jaczko , Fukushima
