Suzette Kent
{{Short description|American government official}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Suzette Kent
| image = Suzette Kent official photo.png
| office = 4th Chief Information Officer of the United States
| president = Donald Trump
| term_start = January 29, 2018
| term_end = July 2020
| successor = Clare Martorana (2021)
| birth_name = Suzette Kuhlow
| birth_date =
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| death_date =
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| education = Louisiana State University (BA)
}}
Suzette Kuhlow Kent is an American government official who served as Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States from January 29, 2018 until July 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://fedtechmagazine.com/article/2018/01/suzette-kent-named-new-federal-cio|title=Suzette Kent New Federal CIO|website=Technology Solutions That Drive Government|access-date=November 20, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2018/01/29/trump-to-appoint-suzette-kent-as-fed-it-chief/ |title=Trump to Appoint Suzette Kent as Fed IT Chief - CIO Journal. - WSJ |publisher=Blogs.wsj.com |date=January 29, 2018 |access-date=February 15, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.carrollpublishing.com/whoentry.aspx?entry_number=130622 |title=Government News |publisher=Carroll Publishing |date=January 26, 2018 |access-date=February 15, 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).
Education
Kent earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Louisiana State University.{{cite web|author=Louisiana State University (LSU)|date=January 26, 2018|title=LSU Alumna Suzette Kuhlow Kent to be Appointed Federal CIO|url=http://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/news/2018/01/26suzettekent.eb.php|access-date=February 15, 2018|publisher=Lsu.edu}}
Career
Prior to her appointment as Federal CIO, she was a principal of the banking and capital markets advisory team at the Ernst & Young Financial Services Office in Dallas.{{cite web|date=January 30, 2018|title=News - White House intends to nominate EY's Suzette Kent as next Federal CIO - EY - United States|url=http://www.ey.com/us/en/newsroom/news-releases/news-white-house-intends-to-nominate-eys-suzette-kent-as-next-federal-cio|access-date=February 27, 2018|publisher=EY}}{{cite web|date=December 26, 2017|title=Suzette Kent New Federal CIO – MeriTalk|url=https://www.meritalk.com/articles/suzette-kent-new-federal-cio/|access-date=February 15, 2018|publisher=Meritalk.com}}
= Federal CIO =
Prior to her appointment, President Trump established the American Technology Council{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/articles/american-technology-council-summit-modernize-government-services/ |title=The American Technology Council Summit to Modernize Government Services |date= |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=February 15, 2018}} and issued the Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-strengthening-cybersecurity-federal-networks-critical-infrastructure/ |title=Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure |date= |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=February 27, 2018}} (Executive Order 13800) establishing, that it is "the policy of the United States to manage cybersecurity risk as an executive branch enterprise."
As CIO, Kent was responsible for setting federal IT policy and leading the Federal CIO Council, which is composed of CIOs from various federal government departments and agencies. Under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), federal agency program officials, chief information officers, and inspectors general (IGs) are required to conduct annual reviews of each agency's information security program and report the results to the OMB. The effectiveness of FISMA to date has been flawed by several high-profile security breaches in systems that should have been subject to regular FISMA reviews, for example the 2014 and 2015 Office of Personnel Management data breach.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
In June 2020, she announced her retirement the following month.{{cite web|url=https://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2020/06/federal-cio-suzette-kent-tells-staff-shes-retiring/166432/|title=Federal CIO Suzette Kent Tells Staff She's Retiring|publisher=Nextgov.com|date=June 25, 2020|access-date=August 20, 2020}} The office remained vacant until filled by President Biden after the change of administration.
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