Navy forms chief management officer position

By John Liang / March 20, 2018 at 3:17 PM

The Navy has established a new chief management officer position, according to a recent memo.

In a March 16 memo, Navy Under Secretary Thomas Modly disestablishes the deputy under secretary for management position, setting up in its place a new chief management officer shop.

"A more agile, accountable, and lethal force must be matched by business operations that reflect the same qualities," Modly's memo states. "We must build a business operations culture that employs faster access to accurate information, reduces overhead and bureaucracy, and streamlines process that impeded rapid decision making. This culture must demonstrate the relentless pursuit of operational improvements in order to stay ahead of our adversaries and make the best use of the resources we are provided by the American people."

The purpose of the new office is to "rapidly prioritize and accelerate business transformation initiatives and it will initially focus on improvement of naval audit outcomes and financial accountability; business systems rationalization and modernization; data strategy for improved business operations; and business reform across the Navy and Marine Corps," according to a service statement.

The Navy under secretary will also assume the responsibilities and authorities of the service's chief information officer. While a small office of the CIO will remain for statutory compliance, "the remaining CIO functions will be divested to the DON CIO Deputies which are the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare/Director of Naval Intelligence (N2N6) and the Director Marine Corps Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4/CIO)," the Navy statement reads.

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