It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in leadership roles in the Federal government – especially when it comes to Federal IT management roles. Three female IT leaders joined MeriTalk’s Tech Tonic on Thursday evening to celebrate women in tech and inspire women to reach their full potential. […]

Renata Spinks has officially stepped down from public service, leaving her post as deputy chief information officer (CIO) for information, command, control, communications, and computers (IC4) at the U.S. Marines Corps (USMC) after serving in the role for over two years. […]

While increasing workforce diversity is a top focus for many Federal agencies, Deputy Federal CIO Maria Roat and Marine Corps Deputy CIO Renata Spinks stressed this week that diversity must include diversity of thought, not just diversity of culture. […]

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has promoted Renata Spinks to assistant director of IT/deputy CIO and senior information security officer, with a formal promotion ceremony scheduled for September 10 at Marine Corps Base Quantico. […]

Renata Spinks has been elevated to acting CISO at the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), taking over the position in January 2021. […]

Across several agencies with the Department of Defense (DoD), building a zero-trust architecture to secure IT systems is becoming the strategy of choice for agency leaders as several confirmed efforts to transition over from a traditional perimeter approach today. […]