{"id":14995,"date":"2018-09-26T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T19:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/26\/house-bill-would-codify-elevate-the-federal-cio\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:39:14","slug":"house-bill-would-codify-elevate-the-federal-cio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2018\/09\/26\/house-bill-would-codify-elevate-the-federal-cio\/","title":{"rendered":"House bill would codify, elevate the federal CIO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reps. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Will Hurd, R-Texas, are attempting to increase the status of the federal chief information officer by introducing a bill that would rename a White House office and formally require the CIO to lead governmentwide IT policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2018, the White House Office of E-Government would be renamed as the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, while the federal CIO position itself would be elevated to a presidential appointee who directly reports to the Office of Management and Budget director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the federal chief information security officer, a position created in 2016 to lead U.S. cybersecurity policy and report to the CIO, would be codified as a presidential appointee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the bill, introduced Sept. 26, the federal CIO would be required to submit a proposal for consolidating and streamlining governmentwide IT to Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\t