Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia will be adding two new titles — at least temporarily — to his work in government.
The General Services Administration announced Thursday that Barbaccia will join the agency as the acting director of Technology Transformation Services. He’ll be replacing Thomas Shedd, one of the few officials left at the agency who helped carry out the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s cost-cutting initiative last year.
Shedd will remain at the agency as its senior advisor for fraud prevention, which the GSA said is “an area of increasing importance for the agency and the administration.
The federal CIO was also tapped as senior advisor to the GSA administrator, the agency said. In this role, advising former privacy equity executive Edward Forst, Barbaccia will focus on “emerging technologies, best practices in digital delivery, and cross-government collaboration.” Barbaccia said his dual roles at the agency are “ensuring continuity of leadership and a strong focus on delivering value to the taxpayer.”
The move is the latest in a string of shakeups for the GSA, which was once considered a DOGE stronghold under Musk early last year. Multiple DOGE-affiliated figures have departed the agency or left government in recent months, including Stephen Ehikian, who served as GSA’s acting head until last July before moving to the deputy administrator role until September.
Barbaccia, who has also identified himself as the federal chief AI officer, has repeatedly discussed GSA initiatives in his role as federal CIO.
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