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Feds Lack Skill Sets To Effectively Implement IT Programs, DHS CIO Says

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

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The federal government still lacks the skill sets necessary to effectively implement information technology (IT) programs with minimal amount of waste, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) senior IT executive. “(It’s) the biggest problem I see across the government,” DHS Chief Information Officer Richard Spires said recently at the Center for National Policy think tank in Washington. “It’s critically important to have a program management office overseeing particularly large IT programs that’s got the right skills.” Spires said…

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