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Washington, DC-based United States Department of Education has appointed Danny Harris as Chief Information Officer.
About the Company
U.S. Department of Education`s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. ED is dedicated to: • Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds. • Collecting data on America`s schools and disseminating research. • Focusing national attention on key educational issues. • Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.
About the Person
Danny Harris is a 20+ year information technology and financial management veteran of the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Harris became the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Department on October 1, 2008. As the CIO, he acquires and maintains all of the Department’s mission-critical information system resources. Specific responsibilities include managing the Department’s Information Assurance program, developing policy for the protection and control of information; defining and managing capital planning and investment management processes to ensure their successful implementation and integration with the Department budget, acquisition, and planning processes; promoting the effective and efficient design and operation of major Departmental information resource management processes; deploying and maintaining all enterprise-wide information technology; managing the agency’s participation and implementation of Federal CIO Council Initiatives and coordinating Council activities throughout the Department; and coordinating all eGovernment initiatives and providing status reports to the Office of Management and Budget. Prior to becoming the CIO, Dr. Harris served as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He oversaw financial management, internal control and audit resolution, financial systems, contracts and procurement, and grants policy issues. Before becoming Deputy CFO, Dr. Harris served as Director, Financial Systems Operations in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Education since September 1998. He managed the Department’s multi-million dollar integrated Federal Financial Management Platform called Education’s Central Automated Processing Systems (EDCAPS). Dr. Harris began his career at the Department as a computer analyst. He since moved on to the Secretary’s Office working as a Policy Analyst, coordinating IT and other activities for the Secretary and Deputy Secretary surrounding education policy issues. Dr. Harris holds a BA in Communications from North Carolina A&T State University, and an MA and PhD in Organizational Management from Howard University.
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