Flagg is the new federal deputy CIO

Education IT chief Thomas Flagg hired for deputy federal CIO role

Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia has tapped the Department of Education’s chief information officer as the government’s new No. 2 IT official. Thomas Flagg will take over as deputy federal CIO after spending more than 11 years at the Department of Labor and leading Education’s IT shop since October 2024. In an email sent Thursday to agency CIOs and shared with FedScoop, Barbaccia said there was “an overwhelming amount of interest” in the deputy role “…

Flagg is the new federal deputy CIO

Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia said Thomas Flagg stood out because of his depth and seriousness of his experience among a large number of candidates.

White House taps Education’s tech lead as new deputy federal CIO

Federal Chief Information Officer Gregory Barbaccia has a new deputy: Thomas Flagg, currently the CIO for the Education Department, according to an internal email viewed by Nextgov/FCW. Flagg has been at Education since fall 2024, and he worked at the Labor Department for over 11 years before that.  “He understands firsthand the operational realities, constraints, frustrations, and opportunities that agency technology leaders face every day,” Ba…