The State Department has appointed Sean Ferris, a neatly three-year department official, to serve as acting deputy director for data analytics within its Office of the Inspector General (OIG), G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday. According to Ferris' LinkedIn entry, the title, which he received in January 2021, is unofficial and pending approval.
Ferris is a management and program analyst at State Department's OIG, serving as strategic planning and risk management officer within its Office of Enterprise Risk Management.
Prior to joining the department in April 2018, he was responsible for strategic planning and performance works as a management and program analyst at the U.S. Postal Service OIG.
Ferris' career also includes working at the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Veterans Benefits Administration and serving at the U.S. Air Force.