{"id":15034,"date":"2018-03-30T14:32:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T14:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/30\/federal-cio-event-celebrates-women-in-it-seeks-to-include-more\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:32:39","slug":"federal-cio-event-celebrates-women-in-it-seeks-to-include-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/2018\/03\/30\/federal-cio-event-celebrates-women-in-it-seeks-to-include-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal CIO event celebrates women in IT, seeks to include more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Though the percentage of women in IT and cyber roles in the federal government far exceeds that of the private sector, federal leaders are still searching for ways to encourage more women to join the federal IT workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the number of women in the private sector holding chief information officer roles declined to 16 percent last year, the number of women in IT and CIO roles was at 40 percent in the federal government, according to the Federal CIO Suzette Kent,<\/a> who spoke at a March 29 CIO Council<\/a> \u201cWomen in Federal IT and Cyber\u201d event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can definitely celebrate what\u2019s here, but we can be helpful in bringing people in,\u201d Kent said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Kent and Beth Killoran, the CIO at the Department of Health and Human Services, said many agency tech leaders may not be taking advantage of the hiring authorities available to them to bring IT-interested women on board their teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two government chiefs added that there should be increased conversations between the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, managers in charge of hiring for agencies and IT leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\t