Census gets new CIO from Patent Office

Federal Times: After almost a year without a permanent IT leader at the helm, the Census Bureau finally has a new CIO, stealing an information security officer from another Commerce Department component.

Kevin Smith, who until recently served as the CISO at the Patent and Trademark Office, is taking over as Census CIO this month, the agency said in a June 6 release. In this role, Smith will lead the bureau’s IT modernization efforts, including preparing for the 2020 decennial census.

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