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FCC CIO Given Greater IT-Related Responsibilities

The FCC chief information officer's role in decision-making for annual and multiyear planning, programming, budgeting and execution decisions related to IT and in hiring personnel with IT responsibilities is now federal law. The rule was in Tuesday's Federal Register, incorporating…

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statutory update to CIO authorities into organizational rules. The agency said this amendment reflected a Ray Baum's Act mandate giving the CIO enhanced responsibilities.