The federal Chief Information Officer of the

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, also known as the United States Chief Information Officer, is the administrator of the Office of Electronic Government, or the Office of the Federal CIO (OFCIO), which is part of the

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. The

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appoints the Federal CIO. The appointee does not require

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confirmation. It was created by the

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."E-Government Act 2002"
/ref> 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,

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, and maintains effective information security and privacy controls across the federal government.

Clare Martorana Clare Martorana is an American business executive and government official serving as the Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States. She previously served as the CIO of the United States Office of Personnel Management from 2019 to 202 ...

is the incumbent CIO.

Officeholders

Vivek Kundra Vivek Kundra (born October 9, 1974) is a former American administrator who served as the first chief information officer of the United States from March, 2009 to August, 2011 under President Barack Obama. He is currently the chief operating offic ...

was the first person to use the title Federal Chief Information Officer. Previous holders of the office used the title

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at the Office of Management and Budget. * On August 4, 2011,

Steven VanRoekel Steven VanRoekel was named the Office of Management and Budget's Acting Deputy Director for Management on May 21, 2013. He was also the second Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States and previously worked for the Federal Communica ...

was named to be the second Chief Information Officer of the United States. *

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was the acting CIO after VanRoekel resigned in November 2014. * On Thursday, February 5, 2015, President

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appointed Tony Scott, 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

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from 2008 to 2013, and as CIO at the

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from 2005 to 2008. 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. * Suzette Kent, formerly a principal of

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, was appointed Federal CIO in January 2018, and left office in July 2020. *

assumed office on March 9, 2021.

References

Science and technology in the United States 2009 establishments in the United States Agencies of the United States government

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* {{US-gov-stub

Officeholders

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