Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States
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| First holder | Vivek Kundra |
The federal Chief Information Officer of the United States, also known as the United States Chief Information Officer,[1] is the administrator of the Office of Electronic Government, or the Office of the Federal CIO (OFCIO),[2] which is part of the Office of Management and Budget. The President appoints the Federal CIO. The appointee does not require Senate confirmation. It was created by the E-Government Act of 2002.[3]
The US CIO oversees federal technology spending, federal IT policy, and strategic planning of all federal IT investments. The CIO is charged with establishing a government-wide
information sharing, and maintains effective information security and privacy controls across the federal government. The US CIO also disseminates information regarding the Federal Risk Management Program FedRAMP
, for cloud services to Federal CIOs and other representatives through cross-agency communications and events.
Clare Martorana is the incumbent CIO.[4]
Officeholders
- Vivek Kundra was the first person to use the title Federal Chief Information Officer. Previous holders of the office used the title Administrator for E-government and Information Technology at the Office of Management and Budget.[5]
- On August 4, 2011, Steven VanRoekel was named to be the second Chief Information Officer of the United States.[6]
- Lisa Schlosser[7] was the acting CIO after VanRoekel resigned in November 2014.
- On Thursday, February 5, 2015, President Walt Disney Company from 2005 to 2008.[9]Scott served from February 2015 to January 2017.
- In 2017, the acting Chief Information Officer was Margie Graves. She previously served as the U. S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Deputy Chief Information Officer.[10]
- Clare Martorana assumed office on March 9, 2021.[13]
See also
References
- ^ See byline: Tony Scott Strengthening & Enhancing Federal Cybersecurity for the 21st Century. July 31, 2015, at whitehouse.gov
- ^ "OFCIO Website". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ "E-Government Act 2002"
- ^ "CIO.gov Leadership". cio.gov. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ^ "Lisa Schlosser, Author at CIO Council". CIO.gov. CIO Council. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ^ "Tony Scott, Author at CIO Council". CIO Council. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- National Archives.
- ^ "CIO.gov profile of Margie Graves". Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ Billy Mitchell. Trump appoints Suzette Kent U.S. CIO. Fedscoop. 26 Jan 2018
- ^ "Federal CIO Suzette Kent Tells Staff She's Retiring". Nextgov.com. June 25, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Schwab, Katharine (2021-03-09). "Exclusive: Biden appoints Clare Martorana to lead the White House's digital efforts". Fast Company. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
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