The Evolving CIO: Making Data Intelligent Under the Watchful Budget Eye

Summers within the Federal landscape do not mean a slower pace of work in spite of Washington’s often stifling humidity. At HUD, we’re working on solidifying the gains made by the reforms we initiated last year so we can get on to the next round of improvements.
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IT Reform at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUD’s mission is to “create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all,” and we accomplish that mission through several component organizations, offices, and a widespread network of regional offices and smaller field offices across the country. As CIO, I know that gaining an enterprise-wide perspective at our federated agency, while challenging, is the key to our Department’s future success.
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The Evolving CIO: From Financial Compliance Origins to Data Singularity

Thank you to those who took a moment to comment on my recent blog introducing my new series on the evolving CIO. Several of you agreed that we need to redefine the purpose of the CIO based on the trajectory of our society. In this spirit, an article comes to mind that I was reading in Time magazine while at the airport.
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Current Initiatives

1. Development and deployment of a Next Generation of Voucher Management System and development and deployment of modernized Federal Housing Administration systems. Learn More >
2. A recompete of Infrastructure contract
3. Finding an end-to-end HR solution
4. Selecting a new procurement system
5. The HFIHFMIP financial management system

As the CIO of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Jerry E. Williams provides direction, oversight, and management of the Department's IT activities. Mr. Williams previously served as the deputy CIO at the Department of the Interior (DOI) where he was responsible for ensuring that DOI met all of its IT requirements in Security, Architecture, IT Capital Investment Planning, and Records Management.

Prior to serving as the deputy CIO at DOI, Mr. Williams was the Director of Financial Management for the Director of National Intelligence, where he led all financial management activities for the Intelligence Community (IC). Mr. Williams has also served as the acting CIO and deputy CIO of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the acting CIO for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

Before joining SBA, Mr. Williams served as the Chief of the Federal Financial Management Systems Branch at the Office of Management and Budget, where he led a government-wide program responsible for ensuring effective and efficient Federal financial systems. He began his Federal career with the Department of Defense in 1984.

Mr. Williams attended Cheyney University and Troy University majoring in Accounting and Public Administration.

HUD Stat Performance Portal

The HUD Stat performance portal is meant to replace the current OMB performance portal.