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The\u00a0chief digital and information officer of the Department of Transportation is resigning from his position effective Sept. 4, according to an email obtained by Nextgov\/FCW<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Pavan Pidugu, who has been the CDIO at the agency since February 2025, sent the email Thursday announcing his departure to his staff and expressing gratitude for his colleagues and their work. He wrote that serving alongside \u201cthis incredible team for the past many years has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we set out on this journey together, we shared a bold vision to fundamentally transform how technology serves the Department and the American public. Thanks to your hard work, dedication, and true builder mentality, we didn’t just meet those expectations\u2014we exceeded them,\u201d the email continued.<\/p>\n

Pidugu told Nextgov\/FCW<\/em> in August 2025 that he wanted to turn the Transportation IT shop into a place \u201cwhere we build technology,\u201d modernizing the agency amid the federal operations overhaul executed by the Department of Government Efficiency during the start of the second Trump administration. Pidugu led the crafting of the department\u2019s \u201c1DOT IT strategy,\u201d which guided Transportation\u2019s modernization agenda.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said in the Thursday email that, during his tenure, his office achieved \u201cunprecedented milestones\u201d in their tech policy efforts, including conducting a mass, agency-wide transition to Gmail software to achieve about 70% cost savings, creating the internal T-Cloud environment and pursuing long-term plans to migrate legacy IT infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The contract between Transportation and Google through software reseller Carahsoft is particularly important, with a value ceiling of $89 million to bring the Google Workspace suite to the agency and build a \u201cmodern collaboration environment,\u201d as Pidugu called it in his Thursday email. The department was able to leverage the software at discounted rates negotiated through the General Services Administration\u2019s OneGov program.<\/p>\n

Read more HUD\u2019s tech chief appears headed for Interior<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThese accomplishments are a direct testament to your talent and your willingness to embrace a product-centric culture,\u201d Pidugu wrote. \u201cBy working together, we have broken down historic silos to operate as a truly unified enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his email, Pidugu did not state his reason for resigning or who will take up his position after he leaves.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the week, reports of at least three federal CIOs planning to depart their posts in the government have emerged. Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia is set to leave his role by the end of August, and the Department of the Interior CIO Paul \u201cMacca\u201d McInerny also stepped down from his position last week. Department of Housing and Urban Development CIO Eric Sidle has been tapped to take over leading the Interior tech shop.<\/p>\n

Pidugu received a Federal 100 award this year for his work at the Transportation Department in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more DOD\u2019s CIO says it\u2019s time to rethink the Pentagon\u2019s technology playbook<\/a><\/p>\n

GovExec Editor-in-Chief Frank Konkel contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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