""I came into the job thinking this would be much more of a technical undertaking about deep diving into technical systems and technical architecture," he said. "I'm understanding changing the culture and the way we think about tech and the government is a way more effective means of making change, so that's what I'm focused on - primarily changes across culture, tech and then the compliance regime.""
""CIO meetings from my organization used to be OMB putting out boring information," he said. "Now we're engaging. I work for the [agency] CIOs. It's my job to make them successful, so we need to kind of reverse that information flow. I need to be able to get information from the field to understand who's doing interesting things policy-wise, and what makes sense for me to deploy as policy across the government.""
Gregory Barbaccia serves as the federal chief information officer overseeing technology policy, management, and compliance across the federal government. Barbaccia prioritizes changing agency culture to drive scalable technology improvements rather than focusing solely on technical system architecture. Barbaccia supports initiatives such as the U.S. Tech Force and plans to build a "digital front door" for taxpayers. Barbaccia returned to government after a decade in the private sector, including roles at Palantir, a blockchain intelligence firm, and a financial technology company. Barbaccia's office has shifted to active engagement with agency CIOs and is deploying desk officers into the field to identify and scale effective policies.
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