Inside the federal CIO’s culture-first approach

The federal chief information officer is ready to tackle the culture behind government technology. 

A former intelligence sergeant in the U.S. Army and IC analyst, Gregory Barbaccia has been the government’s CIO for over a year. 

His gig within the Office of Management and Budget may not be common household knowledge, but Barbaccia is in charge of overseeing, managing and setting policy for the federal government’s technology. 

In his second year on the job, Barbaccia has a long list of to-do items. He’s helping with the new U.S. Tech Force and he wants to build a “digital front door” to the government for taxpayers, among other priorities, he told Nextgov/FCW.

Before last year, Barbaccia hadn’t worked in the federal government since 2009. He worked for Palantir for ten years, did a stint at a blockchain intelligence company and, most recently, worked at a ...