page_title: Suzette Kent
hierarchical_section_title: Suzette Kent
caption_attribution_description: English: Suzette Kent, Federal Chief Information Officer, 2018 to present
context_page_description: Suzette Kuhlow Kent was the Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States, appointed by President Donald Trump on January 29, 2018. She was the fourth person to formally hold the job of Federal CIO, which was created by the E-Government Act of 2002. The Federal CIO's office is a part of the Office of Management and Budget. Prior to her appointment, President Trump established the American Technology Council and issued a Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure establishing that it is "the policy of the United States to manage cybersecurity risk as an executive branch enterprise." This makes the Federal CIO's role in establishing IT policy supporting enterprise risk management more substantial than the role of her predecessors. On Thursday, June 25, 2020 she announced her retirement and subsequently left the office in July. The office remained vacant as of August 20, 2020.
context_section_description: Suzette Kuhlow Kent was the Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States, appointed by President Donald Trump on January 29, 2018. She was the fourth person to formally hold the job of Federal CIO, which was created by the E-Government Act of 2002. The Federal CIO's office is a part of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to her appointment, President Trump established the American Technology Council and issued a  Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure (Executive Order 13800) establishing that it is "the policy of the United States to manage cybersecurity risk as an executive branch enterprise." This makes the Federal CIO's role in establishing IT policy supporting enterprise risk management more substantial than the role of her predecessors. On Thursday, June 25, 2020 she announced her retirement and subsequently left the office in July. The office remained vacant as of August 20, 2020.
caption: Official White House Photo
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