Frank Taylor

Submitted by on Tue, 08/28/2018 - 20:07

Francis X. Taylor, Executive Fellow of the Global Policy Initiative at the Keough School of Global Affairs at Notre Dame University, is the former Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In that role, he provided the Secretary, DHS senior leadership, the DHS components, and state, local, tribal and private sector partners with the homeland security intelligence and information they needed to keep the country safe, secure, and resilient. I&A is a member of, and the Department’s liaison to, the National Intelligence Community.

Douglas Lute

Submitted by on Tue, 08/28/2018 - 20:00

Ambassador Douglas Lute, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, is the former United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s standing political body. Appointed by President Obama, he assumed the Brussels-based post in 2013 and served until 2017. During this period he was instrumental in designing and implementing the 28-nation Alliance’s responses to the most severe security challenges in Europe since the end of the Cold War.

Chris Piehota

Submitted by on Fri, 08/24/2018 - 17:31

Christopher M. Piehota currently serves as the Executive Assistant Director for the FBI’s Science and Technology Branch (STB) and provides executive leadership for the Bureau’s Operational Technology Division, Laboratory Division, and the Criminal Justice Information Services Division. These organizations collectively provide technical solutions, forensic and biometric services. Immediately prior to this role, Mr.

Weekly Roundup: August 20-24, 2018

Submitted by on Fri, 08/24/2018 - 13:47

Pentagon’s First CDO. FedScoop reports: “In a move highlighting the importance of data within the federal government’s largest agency, the Department of Defense recently hired its first chief data officer. . . . Michael Conlin, former CTO for U.S. public sector at DXC Technology, has stepped in to fill this role. He started the job July 30.”

Emily W. Murphy

Submitted by on Fri, 08/17/2018 - 20:00

Emily W. Murphy was sworn in as administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) by U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on December 12, 2017. President Donald J. Trump nominated Ms. Murphy to lead GSA in September 2017. She was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 5, 2017.

Administrator Murphy leads a staff of 11,600 employees nationwide, overseeing more than 371 million square feet of property, and approximately $54 billion in annual contracts.

Weekly Round Up - August 17, 2018

Submitted by on Fri, 08/17/2018 - 16:37

Michael J. Keegan

FCC chairman: truth about site failure should have come out sooner. Ajit Pai told lawmakers that he couldn't alert the public to an event incorrectly designated as a cyberattack without jeopardizing a federal investigation.

Cloud migration made easy.  OMB readies its Cloud Smart strategy and government executive shares four keys to successful cloud migrations.

Does Conflict Have Its Virtues?

Submitted by on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 14:32

The steady trend towards the increased use of cooperation and collaboration is happening against a backdrop of historically stove-piped programs and built-in institutional conflict, between and within agencies. Coordination is seen as good and conflict as bad. But can interagency conflict be good?

Weekly Round Up - August 10, 2018

Submitted by on Sat, 08/11/2018 - 09:51

Michael J. Keegan

Are agencies really ready for EIS? The telecom contract has the potential to reinvent IT infrastructure, but finding the bandwidth to take full advantage could prove difficult.

GAO urges DOD to share data about commercial satellite programs. Centralizing data related to the Defense Department's work with commercial satellites could be one of the first tasks for a “Space Force.”

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