The National Institutes of Health is reconfiguring its vacant chief information officer position for the very first time ever.
NIH decided to separate its CIO from the director of the Center for Infotech and develop 2 distinct positions after almost 25 years of combining the functions. The decision follows veteran CIO and director of CIT Andrea Norris, retired on Dec. 31 after more than 11 years leading both functions.
“With Ms. Norris’ departure, we …
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The National Institutes of Health is reconfiguring its uninhabited chief information officer position for the first time ever.
NIH chose to separate its CIO from the director of the Center for Information Technology and produce two unique positions after almost 25 years of integrating the roles. The choice follows long-time CIO and director of CIT Andrea Norris, retired on Dec. 31 after more than 11 years leading both roles.
“With Ms. Norris’ departure, we have the opportunity to reevaluate the technology leadership requirements of the NIH. We view the roles of the CIT director and OCIO director as unique,” a NIH spokesperson composed to Federal News Network in an e-mail. “The director of CIT requires to concentrate on the distinct needs of NIH’s research study and medical enterprise. And we want to discover an individual who can help the NIH institutes and centers advance their scientific objectives.”
To that end, NIH published a task opening for the CIT director on Jan. 6. Applications for the position are due by March 7.
Meanwhile, Ivor D’Souza, the director of information systems at the National Library of Medication is the brand-new acting CIT director. And Dennis Papula, the deputy CIO at NIH, is the acting CIO.
D’Souza has actually been with the NLM because 2011. Papula pertained to NIH in 2020 from the Department of Health and Human Being Solutions Program Assistance Workplace where he was primary technology officer.
NIH has not yet posted a job opening for the CIO position.
However the spokesperson stated the CIO will focus “more on compliance and security requirements, and we wish to identify an executive with solid experience overseeing IT functions. The 2 positions will work carefully together to ensure cohesion in between the 2 workplaces.”
NIH officially produced the CIT in March 1998 uniting functions and objectives of its Department of Computer Research and Technology, Office of Info Resources Management, and the telecommunication branch. The agency named Alan Graeff as NIH’s first CIO and director of CIT.
The position of CIT director and CIO has actually been one considering that 1998 with a handful of acting directors holding only one of the functions.
FTC looking for brand-new CIO
NIH joins several firms seeking to fill now uninhabited senior technologist roles.
The Federal Trade Commission, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Solutions, the Federal Government Responsibility Office and the Agriculture Department have brand-new openings for technology executives.
At the FTC, Raghav Vajjhalla left after more than 7 years as its CIO and recently as its primary data officer. He signed up with the Securities and Exchange Commission in January as its associate director of enterprise IT operations.
Throughout his tenure as CIO, Vajjhalla focused on a number of IT modernization concerns, including moving more applications to the cloud and enhancing service processes.
Mark Gray is the acting CIO and CDO at the FTC. He has actually been the deputy CIO given that April 2020.
Tim Persons (left), the chief researcher at GAO for seven years, relocated to market.
Dr. Tim Persons, the previous chief researcher and handling director of Science, Technology Assessment and Analytics group at the GAO, joined PwC as a partner in its Digital Assurance and Openness company.
In his brand-new function, Persons will help PwC clients across a range of markets with digital improvement tasks; including artificial intelligence, blockchain and data algorithms.
Individuals has actually operated at GAO given that 2008 and for the government since 2001 with time at the National Security Firm and in the Workplace of the Director of National Intelligence.
CMS’s Saxon heads to industry
Over at CMS, Bobby Saxon retired from federal service for a 2nd time. He was the deputy CIO at CMS because April 2020 and signed up with the agency in 2017 after retiring from the Army as a colonel in 2016.
Saxon wrote on LinkedIn that he joined Leidos as vice president concentrated on consumer advocacy.
“My wholehearted thanks to the lots of friends, colleagues, and vendor partners that made me better during my time at CMS. Your investment in coaching, mentoring, and assisting me throughout this last six years were important, and will follow me the rest of my life. I am better for your love and generosity, and I’m permanently grateful our courses crossed. I wish you all the best of success. God Bless …” he composed back in December. “Today marks the start of a new journey for me. My passion for communications, cooperation, openness, and customer service has a brand-new home.”
During his period, Saxon concentrated on improving how CMS managed its data and served citizens through technology by applying human focused style principles.
A third federal executive to leave federal government is Bajinder Paul, the deputy CIO at the Farming Department.
Paul joined Arch Systems in December as its president and chief innovation officer.
“My enthusiasm to serve the nation I enjoy and serve the American public will continue with Arch Systems. Arch Systems, LLC, an award winning small, lady owned business, characterizes the best in service delivery to the federal government, a commitment to innovation, client experience, with expense efficient solution delivery,” Paul composed on LinkedIn. “This is a pivotal and interesting time across the federal government in allowing IT modernization that is dedicated to innovation, enhanced customer experience and services that ensure cyber security and expense effective shipment. I am excited to be a part of the extraordinary group committed to this transformation!”
Paul has worked for the federal government since 1992 starting at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His career stops consisted of the General Services Administration, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the FTC.
At the USDA, Paul led efforts to improve the company’s facilities around data center operations and business network services in addition to addressing cybersecurity obstacles and carrying out robotics procedure automation to more than 100,000 users.
One other departure of note, Mary Davie, the long-time GSA and after that NASA executive, called it a profession after 35 years in federal government. Davie’s last position was the deputy associate administrator for the Mission Support Directorate at the space agency.
She started her own consulting practice, Mary Davie Consulting, LLC.
“I enjoyed my time at GSA and NASA and have been really fortunate to have actually worked on a lot of various programs and tasks with so many fantastic individuals throughout federal government and market, across countries, and even continents. Next up for me is the launch of Mary Davie Consulting LLC where I’ll continue my journey, gain a brand-new viewpoint, and continue to work alongside you. Hope you all have a fantastic 2023!” Davie wrote on LinkedIn.
NITAAC gets long-term director
While these executives left government roles, numerous started new positions.
Brian Goodger is no longer the acting director of the NIH Acquisition and Evaluation Center, after serving in an acting capability for the last 2 years.
Brian Goodger is the new director of NITAAC.
He changed Bridget Gaur who had actually been director of NITAAC since 2015. Gaur retired in May 2020.
As acting director, Goodger supervised NITAAC’s biggest 2 years ever, helping to award more than $5 billion in task orders in fiscal 2021, and more than $5.2 billion in task orders in 2022.
Furthermore, Goodger implemented NITAAC University, which trains and educates contracting officers.
From 2012-2022, he functioned as the associate director for the Office of Logistics and Acquisitions Operations, where he ran the operational contracting arm of the NIH Workplace of the Director.
Another acquisition associated workers change happened at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Jimmy Fleming-Scott is the new chief procurement officer at HUD.
Fleming-Scott had been the deputy CPO since 2016 and served as assistant CPO given that 2010.
Lastly, Luis Coronado Jr. is the new CIO at the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. He concerns State after investing the last 5 years with the Homeland Security Department, consisting of the last two-plus as the executive director of IT operations.
Coronado likewise worked for the Defense Security Service and served 8 years in the Air Force as a systems engineer.