What, exactly, is a U.S. CTO?
A look back at the relatively short history of the White House's chief technology officer role and accomplishments of the first four people to hold it.
Looking for ‘balance,’ U.S. Digital Service team adapts to changes at VA
The VA Digital Service team has been moved under the department's Office of the CTO. Is this the story of a fraught partnership between two very different organizations, or one about the successful long-term adoption of digital service?
New acting 18F chief Brian Whittaker is learning lots about effective communication via Slack
The digital services agency's new acting director talks about what it's like to be new at a "remote-first" organization and what his goals are for his time in leadership.
DARPA wants to build AI that can be a true teammate
A new research project called Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teams (ASIST) holds the immodest goal of figuring out how to imbue machines with social intelligence.
Senate bill would put a moratorium on federal facial recognition use
The bill would also create a congressional commission to study facial recognition and give suggestions to Congress on how to regulate it.
Margaret Weichert to depart OMB in March
Next she plans to join Accenture's commercial practice.
