{"id":26377,"date":"2020-06-25T15:57:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T22:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26377"},"modified":"2020-06-26T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:58:23","slug":"top-federal-it-official-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26377","title":{"rendered":"Top federal IT official to step down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"il\">The<\/span>\u00a0White House announced Thursday that\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0Trump administration&#8217;s top IT official,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/wlgzktfqjddbhthdbwgjjbzzjfbmdfdyysjqtnmjdjlnf_jjvbvvjrjwbvnjbrmvnt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/wlgzktfqjddbhthdbwgjjbzzjfbmdfdyysjqtnmjdjlnf_jjvbvvjrjwbvnjbrmvnt.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1593289087915000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKW4m4RWetWkUy9qN17Ki-yz6LKw\">Suzette Kent<\/a>, will step down from her position in July.<\/p>\n<p>Kent, who was appointed Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/srklwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshpbprsb_jjvbvvjrjwbvnjbrmvnt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/srklwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshpbprsb_jjvbvvjrjwbvnjbrmvnt.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1593289087916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFkoc_V3ADzt7nKZQvl7yh-dDq_YA\">President Trump<\/a>\u00a0in early 2018, announced her departure during a team meeting on Thursday.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">The<\/span>\u00a0position heads\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0Office of E-Government and Information Technology, part of\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0White House\u2019s Office of Management and Budget (OMB).<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0position, Kent was responsible for developing guidance on\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0use of internet-connected technology, along with streamlining digital interaction between\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0federal government and U.S. citizens and businesses and\u00a0overseeing some cybersecurity initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>During her tenure, a new cloud computing initiative was launched, along with rolling out updated policies around how federal agencies can secure their networks.<\/p>\n<p>Kent said in a statement that it had been \u201can honor and a privilege to serve our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy commitment was to give 100 percent to improving government technology and citizen services,\u201d Kent said. \u201cIt is my hope that\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0outcomes achieved stand in evidence to that commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She noted that she had \u201cconfidence\u201d in\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0abilities of other top OMB leaders, including Deputy Federal CIO Maria Roat, and added she had \u201cgreat pride in results delivered\u201d while serving at OMB.<\/p>\n<p>Roat will likely step into\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0position of federal CIO on an acting basis, but\u00a0<span class=\"il\">the<\/span>\u00a0White House has not commented officially on who will take over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0White House announced Thursday that\u00a0the\u00a0Trump administration&#8217;s&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26378,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26377\/revisions\/26378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}