Nextgov: President Donald Trump’s new tech-themed White House team has made upgrading government technology a key talking point, but many federal agencies’ top technology positions remain unfilled and it’s unclear how quickly interim chief information officers can act.
“Acting [tech leadership] is going to be reluctant to [make] a major shift … without politically appointed folks in place,” Kevin Cummings, vice president of technology at the Professional Services Council, a trade group representing contractors, said in a call with reporters last week. “That’s a natural tendency in any government transition period.”
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