Another E-Government Official Leaves The White HouseAnother E-Government Official Leaves The White House

One of the government's top IT policy makers will leave his White House post for a job with a company that sells integration services to federal agencies.

SRA International Inc. has hired Daniel Chenok, branch chief for information policy and technology at the White House Office of Management and Budget, as its VP and director for policy and management strategies. Chenok begins his new job in January.

Chenok is the third senior IT official to leave OMB since August, when E-government administrator Mark Forman left. The next month, OMB chief technology officer Norman Lorentz resigned. Like Chenok, Forman and Lorentz took jobs in the private sector.

At SRA, Chenok will report to president Renny DiPentima and will focus on developing management services. Chenok will help SRA's government clients develop end-to-end solutions that integrate technology, policy, and management, DiPentima says.

At OMB, Chenok led a staff responsible for OMB oversight of federal policies regarding E-government, computer security, privacy, budgeting for IT, information dissemination, and related issues. He advised senior White House officials on major policy decisions and worked closely with the federal CIO Council and other interagency groups to coordinate federal actions in information policy and IT.

Previously, he worked as assistant branch chief for human resources and housing in OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, where he managed regulatory and information policy for the U.S. departments of Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development, and served as the office's lead for state and local regulatory issues.

"Dan is well-known and highly respected in the government IT community," DiPentima says. Indeed, Chenok has received numerous awards, including OMB's Distinguished Service Award, the agency's highest honor. He also received the eGovernment Leadership Award from Affirm, an IT association, and the Industry Advisory Council's Government Contributor of the Year award. In 2003, the Federal CIO Council awarded Chenok the Azimuth Award as the Government Executive of the Year.