{"id":53187,"date":"2022-10-06T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T18:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=53187"},"modified":"2022-10-06T12:49:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:49:33","slug":"u-s-department-of-state-names-dr-kelly-fletcher-as-chief-information-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=53187","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Department of State Names Dr. Kelly Fletcher as Chief Information Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>10\/06\/2022 02:10 PM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of State announced today that Dr. Kelly Fletcher will serve as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO).<\/p>\n<p>In her role as the Department\u2019s Chief Information Officer, Dr. Fletcher will establish the strategic direction of information technology, including oversight for $2.5 billion of programs throughout the Department of State.\u00a0 Dr. Fletcher brings a wealth of experience in both technological and strategic resourcing domains.\u00a0 She is a member of the Senior Executive Service, having served as the Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Department of Defense and as the Deputy Director for Program Analysis &amp; Evaluation at the Department of Homeland Security \u2013 among other leadership roles in federal government.\u00a0 Dr. Fletcher\u2019s appointment as CIO aligns with Secretary of State Antony\u00a0Blinken\u2019s\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjEwMDYuNjQ3NzAzNjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zdGF0ZS5nb3Yvc2VjcmV0YXJ5LWFudG9ueS1qLWJsaW5rZW4tb24tdGhlLW1vZGVybml6YXRpb24tb2YtYW1lcmljYW4tZGlwbG9tYWN5LyJ9._SQvBU-WRK3rtgiRwf4eixRLJcUo1-mI8i4KeLOrLbI\/s\/2576317770\/br\/145347819255-l. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjEwMDYuNjQ3NzM5ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zdGF0ZS5nb3Yvc2VjcmV0YXJ5LWFudG9ueS1qLWJsaW5rZW4tb24tdGhlLW1vZGVybml6YXRpb24tb2YtYW1lcmljYW4tZGlwbG9tYWN5LyJ9.TxaKJop_HQrUAV-HXHYP5E2GES0hGqR_dDwTGX8lzCw\/s\/1421353029\/br\/145349959938-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjEwMDYuNjQ3NzM5ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zdGF0ZS5nb3Yvc2VjcmV0YXJ5LWFudG9ueS1qLWJsaW5rZW4tb24tdGhlLW1vZGVybml6YXRpb24tb2YtYW1lcmljYW4tZGlwbG9tYWN5LyJ9.TxaKJop_HQrUAV-HXHYP5E2GES0hGqR_dDwTGX8lzCw\/s\/1421353029\/br\/145349959938-l&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1665170755233000&amp;usg=AOvVaw11omUnGOM3jBAJzwXkZtUT\">call for modernization<\/a>\u00a0of American diplomacy.\u00a0 Securing top talent to drive technological innovation helps ensure an\u00a0interconnected, secure, and informed Department for 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0century diplomacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10\/06\/2022 02:10 PM EDT &nbsp; Office&#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-53187","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\/53187","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=53187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53188,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53187\/revisions\/53188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}