Office of American Innovation Archives

Matt Lira speaks at the 2017 Digital Nation Summit. (FedScoop)

White House adviser floats idea of CXOs at agencies

CIOs largely oversee digital user experience currently, but that could change, says Matt Lira, if agencies had customer experience officers (CXOs).

Nov 6, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Donna Beatty, executive director of digital identity and authentication at JPMorgan Chase, speaks during a Business Roundtable panel on July 11, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Government eyes ‘supporting role’ in identity management

Companies want to be your identity service providers and see the Social Security Administration as a test case for making verification more consistent and interoperable.

Jul 11, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

Joanne Collins-Smee, head of GSA’s IT Modernization Centers of Excellence program, at the 2018 IT Modernization Summit.

What we know about Phase II of the USDA Centers of Excellence

An industry day offered some insight into what to expect.

Jun 28, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

USDA’s Jamie L. Whitten building. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

An exclusive look inside the USDA IT Modernization Centers of Excellence

What do the five offices actually look like? FedScoop took an exclusive tour to find out.

Jun 27, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

(Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / Flickr)

Trump signs executive order to elevate the role of agency CIOs

The order requires that CIOs report directly to the agency head.

May 15, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Chris Liddell speaks June 8, 2017, at FedTalks at Night in Washington, D.C. (FedScoop)

Chris Liddell will be the White House’s new deputy chief of staff for policy

The news comes days after he was passed over for another role as director of the National Economic Council.

Mar 19, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Here’s everything Trump’s OSTP did in year one

The office has released a report detailing its "tremendous S&T achievements" thus far.

Mar 7, 2018

Puerto Rico Recovery Field Office Commander Col. James DeLapp provides an overview of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mission locations around the island to Reed Cordish. (U.S. Army / Edward Rivera)

Trump tech adviser Reed Cordish out after a year

Cordish said he never planned to stay more than a year and that he'll return to the family real estate business.

Feb 16, 2018

General Services Administration GSA building 18F — The GSA building in Washington, D.C. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop)

GSA looking for vendor support to launch White House’s IT modernization centers of excellence

The agency issued a solicitation in search of "professional services to assist GSA in developing and launching the CoE service delivery model to agencies."

Dec 22, 2017

White House: Top-level commitment led to USDA choice for modernization center of excellence

A senior adviser said the decision to tap the USDA for the first center of excellence came down to the across-the-board support from agency leadership.

Dec 19, 2017