Jason Miller

Washington, D.C.

Executive Editor at Federal News Network

Host at Ask the CIO

Federal News Network executive editor

Articles

GSA expands efforts to reshape federal consulting contracts

2 days ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jason Miller

The second group of “consulting contractors” are coming under the General Services Administration’s microscope. A new set of 10 vendors have until Friday to submit data, analysis and options for potential savings of their existing consulting contracts to GSA and agency customers for review. The 10 vendors are:ASGN IncorporatedChemonics InternationalFCN Inc.
What’s missing from GSA’s OneGov Strategy? An actual strategy

3 days ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jason Miller

The General Services Administration celebrated its OneGov Strategy like most new government initiatives with all the pomp and circumstance of a press release and a blog post. What was missing, of course, is the actual strategy document itself. No link in the press release. No link in the blog post. Both the press release and blog post just included celebratory, yet general, platitudinal sentences about how GSA will oversee changes to make the government buy as an enterprise.
OMB revamping A-123, removing many enterprise risk concepts

6 days ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jason Miller

The Office of Management and Budget is de-emphasizing enterprise risk management at a time when experts say this type of holistic approach is needed the most.
Federal CIO outlines 16 operating principles for IT leaders

1 week ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jason Miller

The departments of Interior, Treasury and Environmental Protection Agency have recently named new chief information officers, while the Energy Department is now on its third CIO since January. None of the new CIOs have significant federal agency experience, and it’s unclear if any have even been CIOs before. The turnover among agency CIOs, which currently includes seven positions that are either vacant or have acting CIOs, has been highly unusual, even at the start of a new administration.
Treasury took the ‘meal deal’ approach to IT shared services

1 week ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jason Miller

When it comes to IT shared services, Tony Arcadi likes to use a familiar analogy. The former Treasury Department chief information officer, who recently retired from federal service after 28 years, likes to compare centralized IT services to a value meal at a fast food restaurant where you get your sandwich, fries and drink for one price. “I’ll have a number one or I’ll have a number two or I’ll have a number three. Let’s take the guesswork out of it.
CX Exchange 2025: State’s Donald Bauer on cultivating customer journeys, engaging with internal customers

1 week ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jason Miller

The State Department’s Global Talent Management Bureau learned a customer experience lesson the hard way. During the 2023 rollout of a new performance management system to its civil service and the foreign service, the bureau discovered after the fact it hadn’t talked to all its users. “We interviewed everybody on the planet. We thought. We did user acceptance testing. We did dry runs. We did beta testing. We did a fake cycle where we ran through all the steps, and we were so proud of ourselves.
Arrington kicks off effort to eliminate RMF for DoD software

1 week ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jason Miller

The Defense Department’s latest effort to obtain secure software kicked off a 90-day sprint today to develop a framework and implementation plan under the Software Fast Track (SWFT) initiative. Katie Arrington, who is performing the duties of the DoD chief information officer, officially launched the initiative in a much-anticipated memo signed on April 24. The Pentagon only made the memo public today.
GAO, USPS IG make their case for 2026 budget increases

1 week ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jason Miller

Over the first 100 days of the Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency banged the drum of rooting out waste, fraud and abuse across federal programs. At the same time, the White House wants agencies to reduce their budgets and the workforces of the organizations that typically lead those efforts.
White House eyes reconciliation to get 2026 budget increase

1 week ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jason Miller

The first-look at the White House’s fiscal 2026 budget request is a tail of have and have nots. The departments of Defense and Homeland Security will see record discretionary requests when the Trump administration sends its full budget to Congress in the coming months. This version is commonly called the “skinny budget” request. Meanwhile, civilian agencies are facing drastic budget cuts.
NOAA employees express thanks for coworkers amid turmoil

2 weeks ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Jason Miller

As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration undergoes workforce reductions, some agency employees took to YouTube to express their gratitude for their coworkers. The video’s description also includes a message of thanks: “To my fellow NOAA employees—especially those of you who are departing in 2025—thank you! When I look back on my childhood dream and see how much of it came true and even surpassed what I dreamed of—it brings tears to my eyes. I owe so much of it to you.