Rob Leahy, deputy chief information officer at the Office of Personnel Management, has been appointed to succeed outgoing CIO David DeVries on an acting basis effective Sept. 2.
OPM said Friday that Chief Information Security Officer Cord Chase will step into the position of acting deputy CIO.
Leahy joined the agency in January after he previously spent 11 years at the Internal Revenue Service.
His career at IRS has included roles such as deputy director of technology operations and investigative services; senior adviser to the deputy commissioner for services and enforcement; chief of the compliance analytics office; and director of enterprise technology implementation.