Still here: All the things that happened with 18F, the USDS and the PIF program in 2017

As the year draws to a close, here's where the offices of the CIO at the federal government's major agencies stand.

The agency issued a solicitation in search of "professional services to assist GSA in developing and launching the CoE service delivery model to agencies."

A senior adviser said the decision to tap the USDA for the first center of excellence came down to the across-the-board support from agency leadership.

All previously existing petitions and signatures will be there when the site relaunches in "late January," an official told FedScoop.

Make the decision to put your agency in a winning position for the future.

Acting executive director Ben Willman discusses what the TALENT Act and the new administration has, or hasn't, changed.

Cook won't take the role offered to him after he was told Monday he'd be replaced.

The IRS and Department of Education disclosed the vulnerability, and launched an investigation into possible exploits, in March.

The move fulfills a more than a year-long effort to allow federal agencies to reprogram unused budget allocation to fund future IT modernization projects.

Jared Kushner will kick it off with Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Little more than a year since he was brought on to lead TTS, Cook has been replaced.

VA paid more than two-thirds of it — $741 million — to just 15 contractors.

Miller will maintain some of her information security responsibilities as well, the DoD said.

Ellen Lord's focus is set on bridging the gap between engineers in labs and warfighters on the battlefield as Pentagon's acquisition office splits in two.

Grant Thornton has tapped LaVerne Council to be its national managing principal for Enterprise Digital Strategy and Innovation.

VA is working with the White House's Office of American Innovation to brainstorm how it can become interoperable with private facilities.

She received Senate confirmation Tuesday by a vote of 62-37.

Murphy received Senate approval Tuesday by voice vote.

Owens will take over as vice president of the solutions development group within CGI Federal's emerging technology practice.

Her impending directorship still requires Senate confirmation, and the Pentagon hasn't yet specified an end to her predecessor Lynn's term.

This is the first class to join since the PIF program was codified by the TALENT Act.

Wiggins retires after 32 years of federal service.

The podcast discusses the bill not with a political lens or by diving into how it affects the deficit but rather from a perspective of whether it is "administerable."

Day one of the inaugural two-day event kicked off on Monday morning in Silver Spring, Md.

The CR, efficiency and workforce play major parts.

The former acting assistant secretary becomes the VA’s second C-suite executive to leave government for the Reston, Va.-based technology company.

The congressman said that a dearth of new CIOs emerging from the White House has left IT modernization efforts with no one to drive the momentum.

Zangardi most recently has been serving as the acting CIO of the Defense Department since his predecessor, Terry Halvorsen, left the department in February.

Owens has filled the role for nearly 10 years.

The White House office is looking to launch centers focused on identity and authentication, cloud computing, consolidated contact centers, and data access.

He will be joining a new cybersecurity services firm, ShorePoint.

The acting federal chief information officer also said the White House is preparing to implement the MGT Act as soon as it becomes law.

Trump administration tech advisers are looking for a cybersecurity "moonshot," CyberScoop's Shaun Waterman reported Thursday.

Nielsen served at DHS chief of staff to former Secretary John Kelly until he was moved to the White House in July to be President Trump's chief of staff.

Hosts Dan Tangherlini and Danny Werfel address disaster response in the lenses of the recent hurricanes that devastated Texas and Puerto Rico

West will be appointed to a limited term senior executive service position as senior adviser and deputy CIO.

Boxley has been serving as the agency's acting CIO since November 2016.

The new nominee to oversee the Army’s technology procurement operations help set up a rapid acquisition program.

Lira said that modernizing the federal government will have to transcend administrations if it is to succeed.

Garcia steps into the role less just than a month since Dave DeVries retired from federal service, moving to Michigan as the state's CIO.

The IT modernization bill is on the cusp of passage, but if it does, will a dearth of agency CIOs hurt its implementation?

Legacy IT systems are sucking budget dollars, Deputy Secretary John Sullivan said on Tuesday during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.

Trump administration officials continue the push to make federal data more open to the private and public sectors.

Gross will stay on with the agency until January, an FDIC source confirmed to FedScoop.

Scott Blackburn will take over as acting CIO effective this week.

Commissioner Alan Thomas issues a spate of leadership changes within FAS.

The government wants you (and you and probably you) for IT positions.

At the top of the list: "SOCs and NOCs."

He will replace Mary Davie, who was recently promoted to acting deputy commissioner of GSA's Federal Acquisition Service.

The department announced office "realignment" last week.

The legislation would get the president's signature even though it "does not include $228 million requested for the TMF to retire and replace antiquated legacy information technology (IT) systems."

Nominees Jeff Tien Han Pon and Emily Webster Murphy both have extensive backgrounds serving at the agencies they've been tapped to lead.

The report lays out "the current and envisioned state of Federal IT, and it provides specific recommendations to jumpstart a new wave of modernization efforts."

DeVries recalls his tenure at OPM a year after almost saying no to the job.

The move comes one month after Chris Painter, America’s top cyber diplomat for six years, announced his departure in July.

The agency selected communications specialist Rear Adm. Nancy Norton to help oversee its information technology and cyber operations.

A recent rash of agency CIO departures has GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro worried about the road to IT acquisition reform.

The memo encourages agencies to coordinate among themselves and invest largely in early-stage research — leaving later stage investment for the private sector.

While the support for IT modernization has been prominent, the agency leadership needed to implement those plans could be walking out the door.

Sherman will report directly to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.