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It is in addition to other online products launched recently by SAA which seek to allow customers to take control of their travel experience from start to finish without hassle, says Mike Re, SAA Chief Information Officer. Since launching online booking on flysaa. (iAfrica.com)
Commerce neglects its IT security workforce: inspector general Oct 7, 2009
Commerce officials said the National Institute of Science and Technology already has a leadership role on the Federal Chief Information Officer Council, as a member of the IT workforce committee. On that committee, its representatives can confront the governmentwide problem of developing a workforce with greater understanding of IT system security. (FCW.com)
Agencies face tough questions on how to deploy cloud computing Oct 7, 2009
Security issues, data privacy, the acquisition process, standards and service-level agreements were among the chief issues that feds grappled with when thinking about cloud deployment, said Peter Tseronis, deputy associate chief information officer for the Energy Department, and head of the advisory council ... In another session, General Services Administration Chief Information Officer Casey Coleman advised that the software-as-a-service offered on Apps. (FCW.com)
Cerner Receives FDA Clearance for Fetal Monitoring Solution Oct 6, 2009
"The Cerner FetaLink(TM) solution allows us to capture critical data about a woman's pregnancy within the electronic health record so clinicians can make informed decisions to protect the health of the baby and mother," said Joan Hicks, chief information officer at UAB Hospital, a testing partner for the Cerner FetaLink solution. "The ability for providers to view this critical data in real-time not only in the hospital, but also in a clinic or remotely from the physician's home, will help us... (Primezone Releases)
Verizon Shakes Up Wireline Businesses Oct 6, 2009
Executives continuing in their current roles but now reporting to Seidenberg are: Virginia Services Operations president Virginia Ruesterholz; chief technology officer Richard Lynch; and chief information officer Shaygan Kheradpir. More Content. (Multichannel News)
MTN launches annual week celebration Oct 6, 2009
Mr Mazen Mroue, Chief Information Officer, MTN, said the celebration would afford management and staff the opportunity to showcase their lead role in the telecommunication industry by maintaining their marketing leadership. 5 Oct. 09. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Federal CIO continues push for standards to enable interoperability Oct 3, 2009
Creating more interoperable systems across federal, state and local governments greatly depends on establishing standards and building information technology systems that adhere to those standards, Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra said today. Steps taken by the to create standards could be a government-wide model, Kundra said at a NIEM training event in Baltimore. (FCW.com)
How green is your data? Oct 3, 2009
When we first consolidated in 2006, we spent a lot of time re-architecting the data storage and putting in tiered storage, said Dugan Petty, Oregons chief information officer. The data center chose a mix of disk storage and virtual tape libraries. (FCW.com)
SBLHC receives recognition for electronic records system Oct 2, 2009
The designation is based on a hospital becoming nearly paperless with its medical records, and SBLHC wants to ensure access to the records on a timely basis, explained Mike DeLuca, SBLHC vice president and chief information officer. We ve been focused all along on operating from a patient perspective, he said. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
GSA plans $100M contract to consolidate acquisition environment Oct 1, 2009
Vivek Kundra, federal chief information officer, told the Senate that the Integrated Acquisition Environment will improve data quality, access and usability. GSA is engaged in a rearchitecting and consolidation of IAE to develop the integrated procurement platform of the future, Kundra said at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's ad hoc subcommittee on contracting oversight Sept. 29. (FCW.com)
NASA to update schedule for coming IT acquisitions Oct 1, 2009
The agency had said that some request for proposals (RFPs) could be out as early as Sept. 22, but revised that timeline after NASA named Linda Cureton to be the agencys new chief information officer earlier this month. In order to ensure that she has adequate time to review final requests for proposals (RFPs) for the I3P contracts, NASA is not planning to issue the RFPs until additional reviews are conducted by NASA executive management, NASA said in a notice dated Sept. 22. (FCW.com)
Retooled Recovery.gov site praised, panned Sep 30, 2009
They have clearly changed the front end in a way that is much more citizen-savvy, said Eric Gillespie, chief information officer for Onvia. a private company that sponsors the Recovery. (FCW.com)
Worldcolor Makes Three Senior Management Appointments Sep 30, 2009
MONTREAL, CANADA--(Marketwire - Sept. 29, 2009) - Worldcolor (TSX: - ; TSX: - ) is pleased to announce the appointments of John V. Howard, Jr. as the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Robert L. Sell as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and the promotion of Ben Schwartz to Executive Vice President, Human Resources ... He has served as the Chief Information Officer for several international companies including, Moore Corporation, Moore Wallace, Coors... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
CipherOptics eyes big exit with new execs Sep 30, 2009
No longer with the company are former CEO Ron Willis, former Chief Information Officer David Allen and Richard Schell, who served as CFO and senior vice president of operations. Doherty declined to give specifics on the executives' departure, saying only that the previous management team resigned. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Maximum Spectrum Sep 30, 2009
Hatfield, formerly Cox's chief information officer, took over management of the consolidated technology group in December 2008. He officially assumed the CTO spot in June, with the retirement of Chris Bowick, the longtime cable technologist who initiated the Extendable Optical Network (EON) project centered on the 1-GHz upgrade. (Multichannel News)
Hurry up and wait Sep 30, 2009
Now comes President Barack Obama, the embodiment of supreme self-confidence in the White House, and his pioneering chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, whos clearly becoming the personification of innovation in government. Kundra, with some fanfare, has just unveiled Apps. (FCW.com)
Huttig cuts executives salaries 10% Sep 26, 2009
Chief Information Officer Brian Robinson, $179,550, down from $199,500. Vice President of Internal Audit Rick Baltz, $171,000, down from $190,000. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
TechM, IBM, TCS in race for $400-mn Sistema deal Sep 25, 2009
A final decision on the deal is expected to be taken by the year-end, said Rajeev Batra, chief information officer of SSTL. He confirmed that these three IT companies were in the reckoning for the contract, but did not confirm the value of the contract. Also Read. (India Times)
Outsourcing some services could be risky Sep 25, 2009
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency recently issued a draft seeking a contractor to handle disaster preparations for the office of its chief information officer, and the move has raised eyebrows and questions. According to the statement, ICE is willing to pay as much as $25 million a year for services that include developing, building and maintaining plans and materials for a comprehensive disaster recovery organization that minimizes disruptions during disasters. (FCW.com)
TIC initiative gathers speed Sep 24, 2009 Where is Where.gov? Sep 24, 2009 AT&T PARK Science lesson for baseball Sep 23, 2009 Cureton brings social media expertise to new NASA role Sep 23, 2009 NASA plans to spend billions for IT services Sep 22, 2009 TSA needs privacy IT tools, IG says Sep 22, 2009 Obama names Arun Majumdar as US's Green Czar Sep 20, 2009 Got an App for that? Not quite yet Sep 19, 2009 Celebrating Woman Road Warrior Day September 21st Sep 19, 2009 E-commerce firm Irish Titan sold Sep 18, 2009 Harris Corp. seeks to hire 400 technology employees Sep 18, 2009 5 traps that can spoil virtualization savings Sep 18, 2009 Criterion Systems adds board member Sep 17, 2009 Online 'app store' created for federal workers Sep 17, 2009 Lack of Black Techies, Web Redlining and That Darned Digital Divide Sep 16, 2009 Silver lining for cloud computing Sep 16, 2009 Kundra's great experiment: Government apps 'store front' opens for business Sep 16, 2009 Immigration agency to outsource disaster recovery plans Sep 15, 2009 O C Tanner renews Satyam contract Sep 15, 2009 Indian CIOs not open to new Windows Sep 14, 2009 Colorado launches website to map broadband Sep 11, 2009 NASA Ames Hosts Administration's Cloud Computing Announcement Sep 11, 2009 GSA's Casey Coleman sees mix of public, private services in the cloud Sep 11, 2009 SonicWALL Helps Hollywood Promoter Launch Campaigns Sep 11, 2009 Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Names Samuel Abbate Vice President, VITA Program Sep 10, 2009 West Bengal scrap $1 bn IT projects Sep 8, 2009 Government 2.0 Sep 8, 2009 Gov 3.0: The future revealed in 7 lists Sep 6, 2009 Banks renewing focus on IT to boost resilience Sep 5, 2009 Top 5 challenges for the cyber coordinator Sep 5, 2009 Top 5 FCW stories Sep 3, 2009 Air Force Academy Joins Social Media Scene Sep 3, 2009 38,000 Social Security Numbers Potentially Exposed After Theft Aug 30, 2009 HealthPartners saves money with e-records Aug 29, 2009 The long road to HTML 5 Aug 29, 2009 County gets Web site back online Aug 26, 2009 Benton workers fixing hacked county website Aug 26, 2009 Autonomy Strengthens Position as the De Facto Standard for Global Law Firms Aug 26, 2009 Navy enlists aid for combat systems upgrades Aug 25, 2009 5 pitfalls to avoid with performance management dashboards Aug 25, 2009 Communication upgrade to help emergency responders Aug 24, 2009 GITA applies for $4.3M broadband map grant Aug 22, 2009 GCN names its 2009 Agency IT Award winners Aug 21, 2009 DOD said likely to adopt limited social networking Aug 21, 2009 VA IG finds abuse of authority and ethical breaches in IT office Aug 21, 2009 Six firms win places on USDA IT contract vehicle Aug 21, 2009 What a sweet job she had Aug 20, 2009 Tikkun olam meets the Internet (121) Aug 19, 2009 Metrorail Expanding Wireless Network to 4 Carriers Aug 19, 2009 Rising Star Mary Beth Murphy Aug 18, 2009 'Climate Change' for GOP Aug 18, 2009 Broadband Grants and the 'Underserved' Aug 17, 2009 Theresa Wise is Delta’s merger math whiz Aug 17, 2009 Some raises for new Arkansas fiscal year top $10K Aug 17, 2009 Vermont Pursues Smart Grid Aug 15, 2009 Google and Microsoft: The Battle Over College E-Mail Aug 15, 2009 Former EPA official wants to bring new IT to government Aug 15, 2009 University of Maryland confirms Kundra's credentials Aug 15, 2009 Rev. Joseph Pomeroy; guided colleges into computer age Aug 15, 2009 USM unveils technology and data center Aug 15, 2009 Deutsche Bankto create 319Triangle jobs Aug 14, 2009 Navy CIO says cybersecurity is an urgent national issue Aug 13, 2009 Navy's network security roadmap explained during Virtual FOSE Aug 13, 2009 New Lompoc medical center slowly taking shape Aug 13, 2009 Man spotted riding bicycle with gator on shoulders Aug 13, 2009
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra has given agencies until Sept. 25 to report to the Office of Management and Budget and the Homeland Security Department on their plans, progress and milestones in implementing the Trusted Internet Connections initiative. The memo to federal CIOs, dated Sept. 17, asks agencies to notify OMB and DHS how they will implement TIC requirements. (FCW.com)
Fresno Unified OKs Quinto promotion Sep 24, 2009
Peri Lynn Turnbull, Fresno Unified School District's $162,000-a-year chief information officer, is resigning. Michael Hanson, district superintendent, said Turnbull notified him recently she will be leaving but her last day has not been determined. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Vivek Kundra and Aneesh Chopra, our new federal chief information officer and chief technology officer, respectively, are barnstorming the country advocating the rapid transformation to a government that uses open standards and cloud computing. I couldnt agree more. (FCW.com)
"It's not a sure thing that this will work, but we're heading toward it," says Bill Schlough, chief information officer for the San Francisco Giants. There are statistics that measure hitting and pitching, stolen base success and errors in the field. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Linda Cureton, the new chief information officer of NASA, brings social-media experience to bear on her new role. Cureton, who comes to the post after serving as CIO at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, is also a prolific blogger and avid user of Facebook and Twitter to enhance the agency's public profile, according to observers. (FCW.com)
Linda Cureton, chief information officer of NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, said integration of the services to be completed through the different contracts will be done using ITIL, a widely accepted approach to IT service management based on best practices. Service delivery will be aligned to appear seamless to users, she said at a breakfast hosted by INPUT on Sept. 17. (FCW.com)
In a report issued Sept. 18, Skinner recommended that TSAs Office of the Chief Information Officer implement such tools, and the agency's officials agreed with the recommendation. Overall, TSA has made progress in implementing privacy protections but could do better if it used the automated tools, Skinner concluded. (FCW.com)
The Obama administration picked Indian-Americans for the post of White House Chief Information Officer (Vivek Kundra) and Chief Technology Officer (Aneesh Chopra). Majumdar will effectively be the Chief Energy Officer. (India Times, India)
However, that envisioned experience will largely have to wait, said Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer. A few offerings are available, but vendors will have to pass a review to verify their compliance with federal regulations such as the Federal Information Security Management Act. (FCW.com)
She has twenty plus years of executive level corporate experience including Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Tribune Company, and Senior Director, Dun & Bradstreet Software. The Woman Road Warrior is a division of Ameche Group LLC. (PR Newswire)
Irish Titan, which has five employees, is owned by Darin Lynch, who is a former chief information officer of 2nd Swing Inc. He will continue to serve as CEO of the company. Eden Prairie-based Platinum Group s portfolio includes several Twin Cities companies, including Law Enforcement Targets Inc. in Blaine and Eden Prairie-based information-technology consulting firm N compass Solutions Inc.. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
Harris in January hired Major Gen. Dale Meyerrose, a retired Air Force general and the first chief information officer for the national intelligence community, as its vice president and general manager for cyberspace solutions. In April, the company acquired Chantilly-based Crucial Security Inc., with about 110 employees. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
There is less procurement time and a perception, in some cases, that virtual servers are free or come at a much cheaper cost, said Kent Armstrong, acting chief information officer of data center operations at the Agriculture Department. Unfortunately, the savings that executives bank on with virtualization dont always materialize. (FCW.com)
former deputy chief information officer for the Army ... Alan Wade, former chief information officer for the CIA. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
The process will start small but will ramp up quickly, Vivek Kundra, the U.S. chief information officer, said in a blog post on Tuesday. "Our policies lag behind new trends, causing unnecessary restrictions on the use of new technology," Kundra writes in the on WhiteHouse. (CNN -- Tech)
Internet luminaries like Google vice president Vint Cerf, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and Vivek Kundra, chief information officer of the U.S. government. Yet of the hundreds of attendees, less than a dozen were African-American. (Slate)
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra unveiled the first formal effort during a morning speech at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, announcing the Apps. gov Web site operated by the General Services Administration. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, said that the new service -- called -- is designed to reduce redundancy and costs by pooling information technology resources across government organizational boundaries, Kundra said. The General Services Administration assembled an interagency team to build Apps. (FCW.com)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to outsource the disaster recovery planning and preparations for the agencys Office of the Chief Information Officer. ICEs CIO has allocated up to $25 million a year for the contract, according to published Sept. 12 on the Federal Business Opportunities Web site. (FCW.com)
We are pleased to extend our partnership, which we consider both strategic and long-term in nature, said Tanners Chief Information Officer, Volkmar Nitz. Read business stories in. (India Times)
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Microsoft, the worlds largest software maker, may be throwing parties for potential customers to test its Windows 7 operating system to be launched in October, but many chief information officers (CIOs) are not joining the party yet ... Im in no hurry to rip and replace my existing OS (operating system), said Manish Choksi, chief information officer (CIO) at Asian Paints which has 2,500 desktops and about 100 servers. (India Times)
Michael Locatis, chief information officer of Colorado, in a written statement urged state residents to log in because wiring more of the state with broadband is a financial boost. Colorado s economy depends on a strong technology infrastructure in every region of our state, and this website offers Colorado citizens the opportunity to be an essential part of the data collection process, he wrote. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
-- Reporters are invited to participate in a news conference at NASA's Ames Research Center at 10 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, Sept. 15, featuring Vivek Kundra, White House federal chief information officer. He will outline his vision for a new federal government cloud computing initiative. (NASA Watch)
Government applications that don't have stringent requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act could be the first available for testing in a public cloud environment, said Casey Coleman, who is the General Services Administration's chief information officer and the lead of the Federal CIO Cloud Working Group ... Although federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra has to pursue cloud computing, using commercial cloud services still provides myriad procurement, security... (FCW.com)
"I really like the convenience of the NSA 3500 being all-in-one," said Mark Miranda, Chief Information Officer at the Cimarron Group. "I get my firewall, routing, and the security of both deep packet inspection and virus scanning. It's a fantastic one-stop solution.". (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
"The VITA restructuring, the addition of a new Northrop Grumman program manager and reorganizing into customer teams will greatly increase our ability to serve our agency customers," said George Coulter, chief information officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia. "Sam Abbate's knowledge and experience bring great value to the program, and I am pleased he will be on board to assist.". (Primezone Releases)
Wipro chief information officer Laxman Badiga said, "We are currently assessing the government announcement on non-availability of land for the IT facility and we are awaiting a formal confirmation on that.". But, he said, "We do expect and hope that the government is able to allocate a suitable land to build the facility.". (India Times)
"It is a different way of understanding the issue. We have a unique opening here to show that this stuff matters and that we can make real progress on this thinking on the big problems that face this country. "It's up to the tech community to respond with our ideas, our voices, our creativity and our code," Mr O'Reilly told BBC News. 'Best ideas'The Obama administration has set up a number of websites to give citizens access to information such as crime figures, how tax dollars are being spent,... (BBC News -- Technology)
The Navys chief information officer brings enthusiasm and a deep understanding to his comments on how information technology affects the seagoing service. 2. (FCW.com)
HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd chief information officer Chu Hong Keong said the bank invested over RM100mil a year in IT and would increase its use strategically. Other than the key technology infrastructure that needed to be maintained or upgraded, he said IT spend priority would focus on business transformation, efficiency gains, serving customers and business partners of the bank s customers. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
The first thing the new official has to do is figure out his or her job description, said , former chief information officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and now vice president and general manager of cyber programs at Harris. Scott Borg, director and chief economist at the nonprofit , said the biggest challenge for the new cybersecurity coordinator might be to convince people of the jobs importance. (FCW.com)
The story might have been less interesting than the 36 pictures your agency's chief information officer just uploaded of his daughter's wedding reception and the karaoke singer who looks suspiciously like a guy you see in the agency hallways. But it was interesting enough to bring in readers looking for details. (FCW.com)
" The Academy's public affairs office decided to establish its presence on the social networking sites after holding a social media conference here Aug. 11. Attendees included public affairs officials from the Air Force Public Affairs Agency in Washington, D.C., and Air Education Training and Command Headquarters at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, as well as the Academy's chief information officer and representatives from admissions, the dean of faculty office, the athletic department and cadet... (DOD DefenseLINK)
The external hard drive, located on the fifth floor of the Leavey Center, was used to back up a computer that contained billing information for various student services, including activities fees and student health insurance, according to David Lambert, vice president and chief information officer for University Information Services. The university notified the Department of Public Safety, the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service, which investigates possible misuse of... (The Hoya, Washington DC)
The benefits of being paperless include increased efficiency because images can be available quickly at multiple locations and they cannot be lost, said Kim LaReau, vice president and chief information officer at HealthParters in St. Paul. The records have been available to doctors at Regions, as well as HealthPartners 25 medical clinics around the Twin Cities. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
At the Government Web Managers Conference in Washington in April, federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra talked about how the government should use standards where applicable to avoid issues of lock-in. However, he also noted that Web managers can't always wait for the slow process of standards development. (FCW.com)
Benton County s Chief Information Officer Brian Rhodes said that none of the content on the site was altered. He said someone hacked into the site, which is hosted by a company outside of the Benton County network, and inserted links to redirect users and download malicious content from another site. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Benton County s website is on the road to recovery, according to Brian Rhodes, the county s chief information officer. The website, which is hosted off-site, was hacked into over the weekend, redirecting people to a malicious and potentially harmful site. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
"Today our company has several thousand users worldwide accessing tens of millions of documents using Autonomy iManage WorkSite powered by IDOL," said Don Jaycox, Chief Information Officer, US at DLA Piper ... "Managing unstructured data efficiently is critical to the operations of a law firm. Having a powerful information processing engine at the foundation of WorkSite not only increases the benefits from our existing technology investments but also opens up many new possibilities to use... (PR Newswire)
The San Diego company also won a earlier this month to support the Army's chief information officer. About the Author. (FCW.com)
Performance management dashboards have been drawing a lot of interest lately, including from federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra. He believes that gathering key performance data and presenting it in an easy-to-grasp fashion on a dashboard can help the public keep better tabs on the government and help agency decision-makers manage resources more wisely. (FCW.com)
Lt. Col. Jeff Fisher, chief information officer, says the improvements are part of a plan to expand the communications backbone of the state. Agencies that will benefit from the upgrade include Cascade, Chouteau and Judith Basin counties, the Montana Highway Patrol, local law enforcement and emergency responders, the U.S. Forest Service and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. (Montana Standard, MT)
Chad Kirkpatrick, the state chief information officer and director of GITA, said the project is designed to find unserved and underserved areas of broadband in order to tie in more rural communities to the state s telecommunications infrastructure. NTIA is issuing the grants in hopes of putting together a national map of areas where broadband penetration is weak. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
"The annual GCN Awards honor agencies for their outstanding achievements in the application of information technology to advance their work and the services they provide said GCN Editor-in-Chief Wyatt Kash. The 2009 agency winners are now part of a tradition of innovation, excellence, and service. We congratulate them for their extraordinary work and their continued dedication to better serving the public sector. Related stories: Award winners will be profiled in the Oct. 12 issue of... (FCW.com)
Although many Defense Department officials believe social networking tools are useful, those emerging technologies will likely need to be deployed solely on the military domain and cut off from the public Internet, Robert Carey, the Navys chief information officer, said today. There is a powerful opportunity inside the dot-mil domain for these tools, Carey said in a speech hosted by the market research firm Input. (FCW.com)
Bob Woods, who served as VAs chief information officer from 1991-1994 said the VA is not the kind of place you want to engage in anything that could be misinterpreted. He added that image and appearances are important and that these types of incidents end up hurting the individuals the most, and it's hard not to have sympathy if you know the people involved. (FCW.com)
The recipients of the USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer Security Analysis and Support Services indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract are Unisys Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., Verizon Business, ManTech Advanced Systems, Crucial Security Inc. and KLC Networks. The six are eligible to compete for task orders to provide all 29 USDA agencies with a range of IT security services, according to USDA.. (FCW.com)
Peri Lynn Turnbull, Fresno Unified School District's $162,000-a-year chief information officer, is resigning ... This is in response to the July 31 article in The Bee regarding the resignation of Fresno Unified School Districts chief information officer, Peri Lynn Turnbull. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Lev Gonick is vice president of information technology services and chief information officer at Case Western Reserve University. He and his wife Barbara Weltman Gonick and their two adult children Sari and Mya moved to Cleveland from Silicon Valley in 2001. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Suzanne Peck, Metro's chief information officer, says it's the first phase of a plan to bring cell service to the entire Metrorail system by 2012. Metro expects the wireless contract will generate at least $25 million over the next 15 years. (ABC 7 News, DC)
First IT mentor: Gina Garza, associate chief information officer for application development. I spent most of my career on the business side of the IRS. It wasn't until I accepted a job in the new Business Systems Planning organization that I was given my first real exposure to the technology side of the IRS. Gina was then the Director of the BSP. She gave me insight on the challenges of the IT side of running the IRS.. (FCW.com)
GARRETT: So they're -- they're in the press -- they're -- they're -- what -- the White House chief information officer is the one who has to be the custodian of this until the Obama presidency ends. Then it goes and becomes the custodial responsibility of the National Archives. (Fox News)
Christopher Vein, chief information officer of the city of San Francisco, has some inventive ways to bring high-speed Internet access to areas of the city barely reached by broadband ... Cities large and small are having a hard time meeting the application requirements from the NTIA. Many are delaying requests until changes can be made to the rules, says Joanne Hovis, a telecommunications consultant who sits on the board of directors of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers &... (BusinessWeek)
com Theresa Wise is the senior vice president and chief information officer at Delta Air Lines ... Theresa Wise Delta senior vice president and chief information officer Theresa Wise, who is also a concert violinist, is shown with her family: husband, Jim; her daughter, Anna; and her son, Jonathan ... Delta Air Lines senior vice president and chief information officer Theresa Wise a math whiz and concert violinist is the woman who has been handed that daunting task. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
James Schratz, chief information officer for the Bureau of Legislative Research, got a $10,461 raise to $118,529. No employee of the House of Representatives got a raise as large as $10,000. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
GMP's chief information officer, Brian Otley, told Channel 3, "So that the consumers benefit from lower prices, utilities benefit from a more predictable load profile, and we start to minimize the amount of peaking activity that happens.". At times of peak electric demand the whole system can crash, which is what happened across most of the Northeast six years ago. (WCAX.com, VT)
Timothy Chester, chief information officer for Pepperdine University, which recently partnered with Google, says his staff is 20% smaller than it was three years ago. Taking advantage of Google's economies of scale means that his smaller team can focus more on improving the way computers are used for learning on campus. (Time.com)
ONeill is the former assistant administrator and chief information officer of the Environmental Protection Agency. Before joining EPA , ONeill served as the state director of the National Environmental Information Exchange Network for the Environmental Council of the States. (FCW.com)
Challenging claims in a highly discussed blog post, University of Maryland officials told Federal Computer Week today that federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the university system. Kundra earned an undergraduate degree in behavioral and social sciences in 1998, according to a University of Maryland at College Park spokeswoman. (FCW.com)
Joe Pomeroy was the founder of computing at both Holy Cross and Boston College, said Bernard Gleason, chief information officer emeritus of BC. Gleason and others credit Father Pomeroy with being a visionary who foresaw the need to integrate the computer as an essential component for both the school s administrative needs and its curriculum. Despite his focus on computers and the rigors of his daily schedule, he also found time to keep his commitment to the ministry. (Boston Globe)
The improvements made by the University Data Center Renovation Project will further secure university information, reduce downtime and increase the reliability of our critical systems, said Homer Coffman, chief information officer. The Southern Miss Data and Technology Center has attained Tier II status as defined by the Uptime Institute. (The Clarion-Ledger)
We are extremely excited at the prospect of opening a professional IT development center in the Research Triangle, which is home to some of the most highly skilled technology talent, said Anthony P. McCarthy, global chief information officer for Capital Markets Technology at Deutsche Bank. The center will be located in Cary if the town approves local incentives for the project. (Triangle Business Journal)
Navy Chief Information Officer Robert Carey said today that with mission success and a presidential mandate, cybersecurity must evolve as rapidly as technology itself to confront the most serious economic and security challenge of the 21st century. . (FCW.com)
The security threats of the future are here, and new strategies confronting the militarys information technology vulnerabilities require a shift in thinking from old normal to new normal a transition Navy Department Chief Information Officer Robert Carey discusses in todays planned keynote presentation. Operation Gladiator Phoenix, which outlines the strategic transition to a new school of thought in Navy cybersecurity, is set for debut as Carey addresses virtual attendees... (FCW.com)
And we re not letting it out, Lompoc Healthcare District s Chief Information Officer Jim White said, opening a door to a dark room where the chirping was loudest. Instead of a bird, a new cooling system is perched in the room, designed for the state of the art MRI machine that was brought into the building just last week. (Santa Maria Times)
The Hartford Names Robert Ingram Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Property and Casualty Operations. The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. today announced that Robert Ingram has been named senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of its property and casualty operations information technology (IT) organization. (Fresno Bee)
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