More ELC observations from Steve Kelman

Steve Kelman offers thoughts from Williamsburg as ELC 2011 draws to a close.

Luigart takes top ELC honors

Craig Luigart, CIO for the Veterans Health Administration, earned the Janice K. Mendenhall Spirit of Leadership Award for his significant contributions to the federal information technology community at the Executive Leadership Conference.

Industry legends share their toughest decisions

We asked five former senior executives to share their best decisions and some of their regrets as they guided their companies to success.

Economy slows pay increases for contractors

Contractor pay rose slowly, and for some jobs it fell, but the average gap is widening between contractors and feds.

Former HUD CFO moves to Grant Thornton

Doug Criscitello, former HUD CFO, takes new director role at Grant Thornton LLC.

CGI's Morea retires; U.S. leadership shuffled

Donna Morea steps down after 31 years, but will join the board. Who's going to fill her shoes at CGI?

Whitman takes reins at HP

Leo Apotheker is out as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard after the company grew worried about his leadership during a time of transition.

Pragmatics appoints new CFO

Pragmatics chooses Steven Bracci as CFO for his in-depth financial background serving companies such as Avaya, Inc.

Calling all innovators: CTO awards deadline looms

It's time to recognize the innovators and tech gurus at your company. Get your nominations in for the second annual NVTC-Washington Technology chief technology officer awards.

First CIO is on the job at consumer protection bureau

Chris Willey previously served as deputy CIO at OPM

Retired CEOs come to agencies' rescue

Mason Harriman Group places retired CEOs, CFOs and CTOs temporarily into the government employment pool.

Kundra 'IT cartel' remarks raise ire of contractor professionals

Former Federal CIO Vivek Kundra provoked an outcry with an editorial claiming that major federal contractors are holding back progress in updating federal technology.

VA's Roger Baker gives an iPad a test run

CIO Roger Baker is one of more than 100 VA employees trying out iPads and iPhones on VA networks.

Are generalists doomed to fail in today’s market?

Editor Nick Wakeman spoke with SAP North America's president about the state of the market. Why does Bob Courteau think the era of the IT generalist is over?

Terry Duncan to oversee defense network programs

Terry Duncan is the new director of communications and network programs in the Defense Department's Office of the CIO.

Cloud reputation hurt by cybersecurity worries

Former CIO Vivek Kundra promoted cloud technology as a way to save money, but some feds are concerned about its security.

Can you help agency CIOs meet their new job description?

OMB Director Jacob Lew released new marching orders for agency CIOs. What areas does he want them to focus on?

White House names former Microsoft exec as Kundra's successor

White House officials named former FCC and Microsoft executive as the new federal CIO, succeeding Vivek Kundra.

What four things should we keep after Kundra leaves?

An IT executive argues for four critical elements that should remain after Vivek Kundra, the nation's first chief information officer, departs in August for Harvard.

Sloane out at SRA; new CEO named

Company taps a veteran of the defense contracting world to lead the company.