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IT Reform: ITWCA Survey Analysis Training Begins March 22
Date: March 18, 2011Type: News
Thanks to all who participated in the 2011 IT Workforce Capability Assessment (ITWCA) survey. In the next phase of the project, training will be provided to agency human capital planners on March 22, 24, and 31 to extract and analyze the data collected. Planners will be able to analyze data...
Last Chance To Participate in the ITWCA Survey
Date: February 24, 2011Type: News
Time’s running out for Federal IT workers to take the IT Workforce Capability Assessment (ITWCA) survey, which has been extended to Friday, March 4.
All Federal civilian IT employees are urged to participate in the ITWCA,...
Time’s Running Out To Take the ITWCA Survey
Date: February 23, 2011Type: Article
IT Reform: Agencies Prepare to Evaluate Investments via TechStats
Date: February 17, 2011Type: News
Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) kicked off in-person TechStat training sessions, assisting CIO Council agencies in preparing to hold agency-level Read Related Article
Socialsecurity.gov Redirects Traffic to Popular Services
Date: January 11, 2011Type: News
The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently unveiled the new socialsecurity.gov, part of the agency’s effort to create a frustration-free customer experience. Site visitorship in 2010 increased 50% over 2009, with about 11 million Americans now turning to the website for...
Delivering for the American People
Date: January 03, 2011Type: Pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this file)
Memorandum for Agency Chief Information Officers from Vivek Kundra, U.S. Chief Information Officer, reflecting on key accomplishments over the past two years in closing the technology gap to deliver results for the American people.
Department of the Interior is Leading the Way in Redefining the Role of the Department CIO
Date: December 17, 2010Type: Article
Department of the Interior is Leading the Way in Redefining the Role of the Department CIO
Date: December 17, 2010Type: Blog
Too often we hear stories about how the Federal government, for one reason or another, lacks technological capabilities that are commonplace in the private sector and our everyday lives. For example, when this Administration first came into office employees at the Department of the Interior...
Saving Money on Government IT
Date: December 10, 2010Type: Blog
For too long, many government IT projects cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than they should, took years longer than necessary to deploy, and delivered technologies that were obsolete by the time they were completed. This summer we took a hard look at 26 high priority projects that were...
25 Point Implementation Plan To Reform Federal Information Technology Management
Date: December 09, 2010Type: News
U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra releases the 25 Point Implementation IT Management Reform Plan.
Ongoing Virtualization Activities at NRC
Date: August 19, 2010Type: Blog
I recently participated in a panel discussion about Virtualization. The discussion started with a solid explanation of what it is, why it is important, and how it is being used both in the public and private sector.
DHS Current Projects
Date: July 24, 2010Type: Article
Apps That Fight Childhood Obesity
Date: June 25, 2010Type: News
The Apps for Healthy Kids competition, created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign to end childhood obesity within a generation. Apps for Healthy Kids challenges software developers, game designers, students, and...
Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: Cloud Computing Migration
Date: June 21, 2010Type: News
The Department of Energy is exploring cost and energy efficiencies that can result from leveraging cloud computing. This initiative explores how to use cloud computing to address needs across the enterprise, in specific business services, and in scientific...
Closing the IT Gap
Date: June 15, 2010Type: Blog
The Federal Government lacks many of the technological capabilities that are commonplace in the private sector and our everyday lives. This IT gap significantly impacts our ability to improve the efficiency of government and deliver better services to the American people.
Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: DISA
Date: June 10, 2010Type: Article
Army Harnesses Creativity of Its Own Ranks
Date: May 10, 2010Type: News
Taking a cue from the success of Apps for Democracy, a 2008 contest from the DC government encouraging citizens to leverage DC data, the Department of the Army is looking to its key stakeholders—soldiers and Army civilians—to throw their ideas into the ring for the Apps for the Army...
Brookings Institution, Economic Gains of Cloud Computing
Date: April 07, 2010Type: Video
Cloud computing services over the Internet have the potential to spur a significant increase in government efficiency and decrease technology costs, as well as to create incentives and online platforms for innovation. Adoption of cloud computing technologies could lead to new, efficient ways of...
Vivek Kundra Testimony on Improving Transparency and Accessibility of Federal Contracting Databases
Date: September 29, 2009Type: Article
Streaming at 1:00: In the Cloud
Date: September 15, 2009Type: Blog
Today, I am excited to announce that we have launched Apps.gov to help continue the President’s initiative to lower the cost of government operations while driving innovation within government. I'll be discussing this in a speech at the NASA Ames Research Center at 1:00 EDT - watch the speech live...
