Office of the Chief Information Officer &
High Performance Computing and Communications
CIO Organization
The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) ensures the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) compliance with the applicable provisions of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 regarding the management and use of information technology (IT) resources including (but not limited to):
- Monitoring and evaluating the selection, control, and evaluation of IT investments (i.e. OMB Exhibit-300 and IT Capital Planning and Investment Control processes). Recommending appropriate actions to the NOAA Line Offices and the Department of Commerce.
- Establishing goals for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the NOAA's operations and the delivery of services to the public through the effective use of IT.
- Providing NOAA-wide managerial and technical strategic direction for IT.
- Promoting a One-NOAA approach towards IT to leverage common solutions involving innovation, standards, collaboration, infrastructure consolidation, efficiencies, and economies of scale.
- Coordinating, developing, and issuing IT policies and guidance throughout NOAA, and monitoring and enforcing compliance with such policies and guidance.
- Operating NOAA enterprise-wide programs for financial and grants management. Leading and managing enterprise-wide programs for IT security, high-performance R&D and scientific computing, enterprise architecture, COTS enterprise license agreements, and subject matter Sub-Committees under the CIO Council.
- Coordinating data calls - requests for information from NOAA and Commerce - about NOAA IT programs.
- Representing the NOAA in interactions with the Commerce and other federal agencies on IT matters, and participating in the activities of the Federal CIO Council.
- Serving as the Department of Commerce-wide lead representative regarding geospatial data, services, and standards.
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