About the Office of the CIO
The NIH Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) formally joined the Office of the NIH Director in January of 2008, moving from the NIH Center for Information Technology (CIT). The NIH CIO advises the NIH Director on strategic directions and management of significant NIH Management and Information Technology (M&IT) programs and policy. The goals of the CIO are to:
- Enable creation and sharing of scientific and business knowledge
- Enhance business adaptability by ensuring that NIH information and information technology (I&IT) projects are well managed to respond rapidly to business and research needs
- Ensure a robust, secure NIH infrastructure at or above industry standards at least cost
- Manage integration of external imperatives with NIH needs
- Lead NIH I&IT across the Institutes and Centers
- Develop an I&IT capable workforce
- Information Technology Acquisition Services Office (ITASO)
- Information Security and Awareness Office (ISAO)
- Information Technology Policy and Review Office (ITPRO)
- Information Technology Architecture Office (ITAO)
- IT Security Awareness and Training
- IT Policy Development and Review
- Capital Planning and Investment and Control
- Enterprise Architecture
- IT Budget,
- IT Acquisition Planning
- IT Governance
- Project Management Center of Excellence