Sylvia Burns Archives

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Stacie Alboum joining FDIC as deputy director of enterprise strategy

Alboum is taking a role as deputy director of enterprise strategy in FDIC's CIO Organization.

May 24, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

FDIC Building — The FDIC building in Arlington, Va. (Tony Webster/Wikimedia commons)

FDIC CIO Howard Whyte resigns

Deputy CIO Sylvia Burns will take over as acting CIO.

Dec 17, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

The Interior Department building in Washington. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop)

Interior finds new tech chief in former Alaska CIO

Bill Vajda will fill the role left empty when Sylvia Burns departed the agency in September.

Mar 11, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Department of the Interior — (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop)

CIO Sylvia Burns to leave Interior

Next she'll be the Deputy CIO for Enterprise Strategy at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, an Interior spokesperson said.

Aug 22, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

A panel discussion “Cultivating IT Interest in Our Young Women with speakers Jason Gray, Education, Joanne Collins Smee, GSA, Renee Wynn, NASA, and Davina Pruitt-Mentle, NIST for the Women in Federal IT & Cyber event in the Jefferson Auditorium, U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC, on March. 29, 2018. (USDA photo by Tom Witham)

Top women in federal IT share inspiration, life advice at CIO Council event

Be intellectually curious, find a mentor and don't be afraid to take an unconventional route, they said.

Mar 30, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Sylvia Burns

Chief Information Officer, Department of the Interior

Mar 22, 2018 By FedScoop Staff

From left, Accenture Federal Services CIO Director Dave McClure, VA CIO Scott Blackburn, Department of Interior CIO Sylvia Burns, Department of Justice CIO Joseph Klimavicz and Social Security Administration discuss IT reform at the Partnership for Public Service. — From left, Accenture Federal Services CIO Director Dave McClure, VA CIO Scott Blackburn, Department of Interior CIO Sylvia Burns, Department of Justice CIO Joseph Klimavicz and Social Security Administration CIO Rajive Mathur discuss IT reform at the Partnership for Public Service. (Photo by Carten Cordell)

A ‘blueprint’ for government IT reform

The Partnership for Public Service has a blueprint for how federal agencies can smooth the path to IT modernization.

Nov 9, 2017

Thousands of cybersecurity vulnerabilities uncovered at Interior Department

A House oversight panel learned the details of a yet-unreleased inspector general report that evaluates the risks of Interior’s networks.

Jul 15, 2015

D.C.’s Top 50 Women in Tech 2015

FedScoop has once again sought to recognize 50 women whose vibrant energy, determination and imagination are making a monumental difference in the federal government IT community, and…

Mar 31, 2015

Interior on target to roll out two-factor authentication — CIO

The Department of the Interior is on pace to use two-factor authentication within the next year, the agency's chief information officer said.

Mar 23, 2015