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'Rockstar' Innovators Descend on Washington

Camille Tuutti | Federal Computer Week | August 23, 2012

A dream team of innovators have descended on Washington, D.C., where they spend six months within the federal government to work on initiatives to support entrepreneurs, small businesses and the overall economy. Read More »

All Eyes On Jeff Zients, Healthcare.gov's ER Surgeon

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | October 23, 2013

To lead a sort of tech worker surge and software code purge for Healthcare.gov, the Obama Administration has brought in a turnaround guy, Jeffrey Zients. Read More »

Does The Federal CIO Shop Need Bold Vision Or Implementation?

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | September 12, 2012

VanRoekel’s first year in office has told a different story, though, with a pace of new initiatives that matches or exceeds his predecessor’s. With that much transformation in such a short period, Balutis worries, many of the changes implemented in the past four years won’t have time to work their way into the fabric of federal operations, especially if Republican nominee Mitt Romney wins the presidency in November and appoints a third federal CIO.
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House Passes Bill To Inform Users Of HealthCare.gov Breaches

Adam Mazmanian | FCW | January 10, 2014

A bill that would require swift notification for HealthCare.gov users whose personal information is compromised by hackers won bipartisan House passage Jan. 10, despite opposition from the White House. Read More »

Microsoft Veteran Assumes HealthCare.gov Helm

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | December 17, 2013

HealthCare.gov has a new czar to replace fix-it guy Jeff Zients: Microsoft veteran Kurt DelBene. As Zients leaves to lead President Obama’s economic council, DelBene will take over management of the federal insurance marketplace Wednesday December 18, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced in a blog post. Read More »

White House Names Former Microsoft Exec To Run Healthcare.gov

Dan Mangan | CNBC | December 17, 2013

Former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene will take over the volunteer job of overseeing ongoing fixes to the federal Obamacare marketplace HealthCare.gov starting Wednesday, officials said. Read More »