Shaun Donovan lays out the technology initiatives he believes the incoming Trump administration and 115th Congress should focus on.

The White House announced new measures Tuesday to strengthen the federal cybersecurity workforce, including policies that will help agencies retain, as well as recruit, highly skilled information security professionals.

The White House's Office of Management and Budget issued guidance Wednesday to better govern federal shared services and manage the nearly $3 billion spent each for agencies' administrative functions.

OMB's Marc Groman sat down with FedScoop to talk about how he sees the council pushing the government forward, what's needed in the future, and how privacy guidelines are like "planting trees."

​The Office of Management and Budget announced Wednesday it will establish a Federal Privacy Council, bringing together privacy experts from across the federal government in order to coordinate better practices and approaches.

Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan testified on several successes his office has seen with IT efficiency and billions in savings in recent years, but a House appropriations subcommittee told him it'd be hard to grant his requested increase in IT spending for fiscal year 2016.