Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memo Thursday to promote the "rationalization” of the Defense Department’s IT enterprise.

The agency is targeting staff reductions in Technology Transformation Services, the Integrated Award Environment and the Office of Regulatory and Oversight Systems, sources confirmed to FedScoop.

The decision impacts workers at 20 federal agencies and follows a ruling by the Supreme Court on Tuesday to nullify a similar district court order.

Melanie Krause is taking the government’s deferred resignation offer after the tax and immigration enforcement agencies reached a controversial information-sharing pact.

Ex-CIOs agreed that political appointees can be valuable changemakers, but some cautioned against a blanket policy, politicization of the role.

The decision nullifies a Northern District of California ruling that ordered thousands of fired probationary employees to be placed back on the government payroll.

Some House Democrats have criticized the group’s access to IT systems, including those at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The international development agency wants workers on administrative leave to come back and help close shop.

Recently departed tax agency leaders detail how workforce reductions could undercut modernization and the use of AI.

Scott Kupor pledged to do a full review of OPM practices on data privacy and data protection.