DoD CIO moving over to OPM

The recovery process has been slowed by federal rules that govern technology and services procurement, which hampered OPM from updating its well-documented poor IT security. The bureaucracy in hiring contractors to deal with the massive breach of 21 million records caused other embarrassing problems, such as preventing official notification of tens of millions of breach victims that represented 7% of the U.S. population, including 1.8 million family members of those who sought federal security clearance via OPM.

DeVries enters with a wealth of experience as both DoD principal deputy CIO since March 22, 2015, and a nearly yearlong stint that started in May 2014 as acting DOD principal deputy CIO. In addition, DeVries has been deeply involved since Sept. 2010 in several government technology efforts including moving the department towards adopting a Joint Information Enterprise (JIE) based on a single, secure, reliable DoD-wide IT architecture.

DeVries has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, and a Master of Sience in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle. He graduated from the Army Senior Service College and was a Corporate Fellow with IBM Business Consulting Services as part of the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship Program.