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Acting TTS chief Kelly Olson leaving GSA

Olson spent most of the past eight years in a variety of roles with GSA.

Jan 4, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

General Services Administration GSA building 18F — The GSA building in Washington, D.C. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop)

GSA taps former SunTrust CIO as new TTS director

GSA has tapped former SunTrust Banks CIO Anil Cheriyan to lead the Technology Transformation Service as its third official director.

Dec 7, 2018 By Carten Cordell

Exclusive: Kelly Olson lays out her priorities as new leader of GSA’s TTS

Empowering leadership, improving cross-team alignment and sharing stories of success are just a few of her early guideposts.

Sep 11, 2018 By Billy Mitchell

Joanne Collins-Smee, head of GSA’s IT Modernization Centers of Excellence program, at the 2018 IT Modernization Summit.

TTS’s Joanne Collins Smee leaving GSA

Joanne Collins-Smee will leave GSA for the private sector at the end of August.

Aug 2, 2018 By Carten Cordell

Former 18F and USDS leadership meet with members of the Government Digital Service in the UK. (GDS photo)

Still here: All the things that happened with 18F, the USDS and the PIF program in 2017

A look back at FedScoop's reporting on these three signature tech talent initiatives.

Dec 27, 2017

Rob Cook to leave GSA after TTS leadership shakeup

Cook won't take the role offered to him after he was told Monday he'd be replaced.

Dec 13, 2017

Shifts continue as Brigati named GSA’s acting deputy administrator

The move comes a day after the agency said that it was moving Technology Transformation Service Director Rob Cook and his assistant, Crystal Philcox, and the same…

Dec 12, 2017

Rob Cook speaks March 28, 2017, at the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop. (FedScoop)

Rob Cook, Crystal Philcox removed from TTS leadership roles in GSA shakeup

Little more than a year since he was brought on to lead TTS, Cook has been replaced.

Dec 11, 2017 By Billy Mitchell

Oversight Democrats like new FAS commissioner, but hate that he’s an appointee

Democrats don't necessarily have a problem with Alan Thomas, the new head of the Federal Acquisition Service. The problem, they say, is the sequence of events that…

Jul 12, 2017

The DATA Act could help restore faith in U.S. government, officials say

Complying with the law can help agencies earn back Americans' trust, officials said at the 2017 DATA Act Summit.

Jun 29, 2017