Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States

Chief Information Officer of the United States
Incumbent Greg Barbaccia since January 23, 2025
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 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.

Greg Barbaccia 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 Barack Obama appointed Tony Scott, ^[8] who had been serving as leader of the global information technology group at VMware Inc., since 2013, to fill the office. He had served as Chief Information Officer at Microsoft from 2008 to 2013, and as CIO at the 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]

• Suzette Kent, formerly a principal of Ernst and Young, was appointed Federal CIO in January 2018, ^[11] and left office in July 2020. ^[12]
• Clare Martorana assumed office on March 9, 2021 and left in January 2025. ^[13]
• Greg Barbaccia assumed office in January 2025.

See also

• Chief Technology Officer of the United States

References

1. See byline: Tony Scott Strengthening & Enhancing Federal Cybersecurity for the 21st Century. July 31, 2015, at whitehouse.gov
2. "OFCIO Website". White House . Retrieved October 11, 2022.
3. "E-Government Act 2002"
4. Miller, Jason (2025-01-24). "New federal CIO onboard at OMB". federalnewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
5. "CORRECTIONS". The Washington Post. 2009-09-19. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2015-11-12.
6. Lohr, Steve (2011-08-04). "White House Picks New Information Chief". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2015-11-12.
7. "Lisa Schlosser, Author at CIO Council". CIO.gov. CIO Council. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
8. "The Next U.S. Chief Information Officer". White House . 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
9. "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov . 5 February 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-12– via National Archives.
10. "CIO.gov profile of Margie Graves". Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
11. Billy Mitchell. Trump appoints Suzette Kent U.S. CIO. Fedscoop. 26 Jan 2018
12. "Federal CIO Suzette Kent Tells Staff She's Retiring". Nextgov.com. June 25, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
13. Schwab, Katharine (2021-03-09). "Exclusive: Biden appoints Clare Martorana to lead the White House's digital efforts". Fast Company. Retrieved 2021-03-11.

External links

• Official website