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Washington, DC-based US Department of Transportation has Appointed Richard McKinney as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
At the US Department of Transportation, we occupy a unique leadership role in global transportation. Since our first official day of operation nearly 50 years ago, our transportation programs have evolved to meet the demands of a changing Nation. Today, DOT is composed of the Office of the Secretary, the Surface Transportation Board, the Office of the Inspector General and 10 Operating Administrations. At the DOT, we care about keeping Americans safe as they travel. We care about connecting more Americans to better opportunities. We care about infrastructure innovation, growing the economy, and tackling a host of other challenges so that we can keep America moving in the right direction. And we want to continue bringing talented minds into public service to help us in the process.
About the Person
Richard McKinney, a former Chief Information Officer of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville,Davidson County, Tenn., most recently served as a senior fellow with the Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute on information technology. In his new role, McKinney serves as principal technology adviser to current U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. McKinney has almost 30 years of technology experience working in both the public and private sectors. He attended Ohio State University and Tennessee State University.
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