The U.S. government’s new CIO wasted little time in directing federal agencies to significantly improve the way they manage information technology resources. Steven VanRoekel, who took over the federal CIO post on Aug. 4, quickly issued a directive designed to push agencies to meet an Obama administration goal for operating federal websites more efficiently. While VanRoekel’s directive was actually mandated by an OMB memo issued last June, the tight deadline he set for compliance indicates the importance he attaches to the administration’s federal online reform initiative.
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Federal CIO Prods Agencies to Revamp Websites
Posted by: John K. Higgins August 23, 2011 05:00 AMThe U.S. government’s new CIO wasted little time in directing federal agencies to significantly improve the way they manage information technology resources. Steven VanRoekel, who took over the federal CIO post on Aug. 4, quickly issued a directive designed to push agencies to meet an Obama administration goal for operating federal websites more efficiently. While VanRoekel’s directive was actually mandated by an OMB memo issued last June, the tight deadline he set for compliance indicates the importance he attaches to the administration’s federal online reform initiative.