Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States

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Chief Information Officer
of the United States
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Incumbent
Clare Martorana
since March 9, 2021
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]

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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 enterprise architecture that ensures system interoperability, 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]

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