Steve VanRoekel

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Delivering a Customer-Focused Government Through Smarter IT

A core part of the President’s Management Agenda is improving the value we deliver to citizens through Federal IT. That’s why, today, the Administration is formally launching the U.S. Digital Service. The Digital Service will be a small team made up of our country’s brightest digital talent that will work with agencies to remove barriers to exceptional service delivery and help remake the digital experience that people and businesses have with their government. Read More »

OMB Turns To The People-Solution To Fix Troubled IT Programs

Jason Miller | Federal News Radio | September 15, 2014

...Steve VanRoekel, the federal chief information officer, detailed two specific initiatives under the agenda's smarter IT delivery area to address the technical expertise of federal employees. One is around flexible hiring, and a second is trying another employee exchange program...

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The White House Now Has A Digital SWAT Team

Lauren Orsini | ReadWrite.com | August 11, 2014

When U.S. government sites don't work the way they should, they aren't just unhelpful—they also make the federal government look like it's stuck in the 20th century...

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White House Launches ‘U.S. Digital Service,’ With HealthCare.gov Fixer At The Helm

Nancy Scola | The Washington Post | August 11, 2014

The White House on Monday announced that it is formally launching a new U.S. Digital Service and that it has hired to lead it Mikey Dickerson, an engineer widely credited with playing a central role in salvaging HealthCare.gov after its disastrous launch...

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White House Unveils Action Plan For Gov’t Data Transparency; Steve VanRoekel, Todd Park Comment

Mary-Louise Hoffman | ExecutiveGov | May 14, 2014

The Obama administration has introduced a plan calling for federal agencies to make their datasets publicly available as part of an open government initiative, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday.  Shefali Kapadia writes that the White House wants agencies to prioritize the public’s research needs when sharing open data...

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