Comments on: New D.C. Chief Technology Officer Is Bryan Sivak

By: Liberating Transit Data at Policy Wonkery

Liberating Transit Data at Policy Wonkery — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:39:39 +0000

[...] because last week at Digital Capital Week, the so called SXSW of the mid-atlantic, I listened to Bryan Sivak the current DC CIO discuss how the local government is including even more public data on the [...]

By: OCTO and its crew of Morons

OCTO and its crew of Morons — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:22:23 +0000

Ok. I take it back. I know several people in OCTO and have watched it closely for years.

Judging from his lack of action, this guy is going to get OCTO raided again.

Reading his overblown resume...it is clear he has no program/project management skills. Yes, builind a search engine in your living room is not the same as managing a complex multi-agency engagement with numerous dependency's.

Worse yet, he doesn't care about understanding or solving the problems that got OCTO raided. He seems like a guy that is bidding his time until the private markets get better.

Anyway, like Kundra before him... he has a program management office with no project management skills with in it. They are policy guys...that is code word for "don't really know shit about IT."

As a result, I hear they are close to 8 million over budget because of projects slipping. Hey idiots, get some balls and fire the morons in your PMO...you know...the ones that couldn't even see that they had ghost payrollers on the books. The ones in bed with Bansil that didn't get caught.

Anyway, if you have no Project Management Skills...how will you ever know WHY you are over budget.
But he wants to innovate...sure. Screw innovation...figure out what the hell you are doing first!

I don't usually side withthe city council, however, Cheh's committee should run this guy over the coals.

They need to demand that OCTO lay out how they intend to change the culture and processes. It has been almost a year since they got raided. Still nothing...just that BS crook machine of an ITSA contract. Which, was also pushed by Bansil before he was arrested.

After 30 years in IT, I know a fake when I see one. This guy is all buzz words and ego.

Either he has no clue. Or, he is trying to pull a Kundra...infect the place up with buzz-word-itis. and then run for higher ground.

By: hymesb

hymesb — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:56:39 +0000

I am going to start posting on every anti-fenty rant I see. I am from Chicago...and if you think fenty is a poor mayor... You are nuts. He responsible, ethical and focused. He just has a city full of Bammas, crooks, and political prima donnas to manage.

He is trying to help your god-forsaken city. And he started where no other politician had the nerves to start. THE SCHOOLS.

You want to see corruption and incompetence? Let that idiot Gray or Brown be mayor.

Change isn't easy. Pointing fingers is.

By: candycane1

candycane1 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:16:04 +0000

OK where is he from? Is he a citizen and are his technology skills above playing Wii? We don't need another Hartsock

By: Students in Search of Answers: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:31:45 +0000

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By: Comrade Al Gonzales

Comrade Al Gonzales — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:03:33 +0000

Welcome to town, Comrade Bryan. Now can you fire the thieves in your office & get a database set up so the school board knows how many employees it has?

Oh & your boss Fenty - yes, he's got two blackberries, but he's also got two faces & two of everything else except hearts, of which he has none.

Watch your back, man, watch your back. Innovate that.