Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer

Office of the Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer
ADNI/CIO; IC CIO
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Agency overview
Formed	August 7, 2008
Jurisdiction	Federal Government of the United States
Headquarters	Washington, DC
Agency executive	Adele J. Merritt, Chief Information Officer;
Parent agency	Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Child agencies	Intelligence Community Enterprise Architecture (ICEA); Intelligence Community Enterprise Solutions (ICES); Intelligence Community Information Assurance (ICIA);
Key document	ICD 500;
Website	www.odni.gov

In the United States the Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer (Intelligence Community CIO, ADNI/CIO or IC CIO) is charged with directing and managing activities relating to information technology for the Intelligence Community (IC) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The IC CIO reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). As of January 24, 2022, Dr. Adele Merritt has assumed duties as the IC Chief Information Officer.^[1]

Mission

The IC CIO has four primary areas of responsibility:

Manage activities relating to the information technology infrastructure and enterprise architecture of the Intelligence Community;
Exercise procurement approval authority over all information technology items related to the enterprise architecture of all Intelligence Community components;
Direct and manage all information technology-related procurement for the Intelligence Community; and
Ensure all expenditures for information technology and research and development activities are consistent with the Intelligence Community enterprise architecture and the strategy of the Director for such architecture.^[2]

History

The Office of the IC CIO was established by Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 500,^[2] "Director of National Intelligence Chief Information Officer," effective August 7, 2008. ICD 500 superseded Director of Central Intelligence Directive (DCID) 1/6, "The Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer."^[3]

List of Associate Directors of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officers

Dale Meyerrose^[4] December 21, 2005 – September 2008
Patrick Gorman (acting)^[5] October 2008 – January 20, 2009
Priscilla Guthrie^[6] May 26, 2009 – November 19, 2010
Charlene Leubecker (acting)^[7] November 19, 2010 – February 2011
Al Tarasiuk^[8] February 2011 – April 28, 2015
Dr. Raymond "Ray" Cook^[9] July 23, 2015 – January 20, 2017
Jennifer Kron (acting) January 20, 2017 – September 11, 2017
John Sherman September 11, 2017 – January 20, 2021
Michael Waschull (acting)^[1]January 20, 2021 – January 23, 2022
Dr. Adele J. Merritt^[1] January 24, 2022 – present