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Myklegard leaving federal deputy CIO role
Drew Myklegard, the deputy federal chief information officer, is leaving his role after almost four years. His last day is Sept. 22.
Federal News Network has learned Myklegard told staff today that he will take a position in the private sector. He didn’t say where he was going.
Drew Myklegard is departing after spending more than three years as the deputy federal chief information officer at OMB.
It’s also unclear who will take over for him at OMB, even on an acting basis.
Myklegard joined the Office of Management and Budget in January 2022, replacing Maria Roat.
Before joining OMB, Myklegard worked at the Department of Veterans Affairs for more than eight years. At VA, he served in several technology executive roles, including executive director for product engineering, as a senior advisor to the CIO and the director of platform and IT innovation in the agency’s innovation center. He also is a member of the Army reserves.
During his time as deputy federal CIO, Myklegard focused a lot of his efforts around IT modernization, specifically on cloud computing.
He helped oversee the effort to update and modernize the cloud security program known as FedRAMP. In a July 2024 interview, Myklegard said the new memo further cements the pivot FedRAMP specifically and agency cloud use over the last few years toward a software-as-a-service (SaaS) approach.
He is a member of the Technology Modernization Fund Board and is on the executive committee on the Chief Data Officer’s Council.
Emails to OMB seeking comment on Myklegard’s decision to leave were not returned.
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