Canales resigns Treasury job
<FONT SIZE=2>	Mayi Canales, the Treasury Department's acting CIO and assistant deputy secretary for information systems, has resigned. The department has not named her successor. </FONT>
Mayi Canales, the Treasury Department's acting CIO and assistant deputy secretary for information systems, has resigned. The department has not named her successor.
Canales, who worked at Treasury for more than three years of her 10-year federal career, said her decision to resign was triggered partly by her frustration over employee complaints about her plans to make changes in the CIO's office.
Earlier this year, she planned to cut nearly 40 percent of the IT staff and outsource some management functions. The department had also begun identifying outsourcing opportunities and was expected to release a solicitation this fall for telecommunications services, Web development and seat management.
"I've been investigated left and right" by the inspector general, she said. "I was tired of the complaints and the pressure. You have to be very careful in making staffing cuts."
Canales plans to set up a consulting practice with her friend Migo Miconi, who recently retired from the staff of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of Columbia. Canales will work out of her home in Washington as of Oct. 28 as a consultant for state and federal governments and the private sector for strategic planning, contract proposals, performance and budget and grant applications.
Canales, who worked at Treasury for more than three years of her 10-year federal career, said her decision to resign was triggered partly by her frustration over employee complaints about her plans to make changes in the CIO's office.
Earlier this year, she planned to cut nearly 40 percent of the IT staff and outsource some management functions. The department had also begun identifying outsourcing opportunities and was expected to release a solicitation this fall for telecommunications services, Web development and seat management.
"I've been investigated left and right" by the inspector general, she said. "I was tired of the complaints and the pressure. You have to be very careful in making staffing cuts."
Canales plans to set up a consulting practice with her friend Migo Miconi, who recently retired from the staff of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of Columbia. Canales will work out of her home in Washington as of Oct. 28 as a consultant for state and federal governments and the private sector for strategic planning, contract proposals, performance and budget and grant applications.
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