Justice
Management Division Serving Justice - Securing Results
Vance Hitch has served as the Chief Information Officer of the Department
of Justice since April 2002. He is responsible for leading and implementing
the effective and efficient acquisition and management of information
technology across the Department. He manages the Department's $2.1 billion
information technology program, overseeing management, acquisition,
and integration of the Department's information resources. His oversight
includes strategic planning, policy, capital planning, systems development,
telecommunications, information security data management, enterprise
architecture, e-government, and user computing.
Prior to coming to the Department of Justice, Hitch was a Senior Partner
with Accenture. He has 28 years of experience in leading government
organizations successfully through major change initiatives. His recent
projects at Accenture included the development of the IT Strategic Plan
for the State of Maryland and a comprehensive re-engineering and automation
of the City of Philadelphia's Records Department. Other government organizations
that Hitch has worked with include the Department of State, the National
Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of
Defense, the Department of Justice, and multiple state and local governments.
Hitch earned a Masters of Systems Management from George Washington
University in 1973 and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Muhlenberg
College in 1967. He served in the United States Navy from 1969 -1973,
attaining the rank of lieutenant.
Senate Testimony on Fusion Centers and Information Sharing
April 17, 2008
OCIO
Vance Hitch on the IBM Business of Government Hour Radio Show
August 13, 2005
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