"The Agriculture Department's longtime chief information officer, Gary Washington, is leaving the government months after he was replaced by an associate from the Department of Government Efficiency. In September, Sam Berry - a DOGE staffer who's been working at USDA since April - was installed as the department's CIO, and Washington moved to a newly created role, chief innovation officer."
"Now, Washington is leaving USDA altogether to be chief strategy officer for the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council, an educational nonprofit focused on government technology, according to an ACT-IAC announcement and USDA employee familiar with the matter. It's not clear if USDA will be replacing Washington in the chief innovation officer role. The department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment."
""Gary Washington is an outstanding federal technology leader with keen insights and experience across government and the commercial sector," Dave Wennergren, ACT-IAC CEO, said in a statement last week about Washington's new role. Washington, who was the acting head of USDA at the start of the Trump administration, is an Air Force veteran who's worked for the government for over 25 years. In 2018, he was a Federal 100 winner for his work on IT modernization at USDA."
Gary Washington left USDA to become chief strategy officer at the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), an educational nonprofit focused on government technology. In September, Sam Berry, a Department of Government Efficiency staffer, was installed as USDA CIO and Washington moved into a newly created chief innovation officer role. It remains unclear whether USDA will fill the chief innovation officer position. ACT-IAC CEO Dave Wennergren praised Washington's government and commercial technology experience. Washington served as acting head of USDA at the start of the Trump administration, is an Air Force veteran with over 25 years of service, and won a 2018 Federal 100 award for IT modernization.
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