OCIO Leadership
Who We Are
OCIO will support achievement of USDA’s diverse mission areas by offering agile, world-class technology solutions to its stakeholders and applying innovative approaches to recruiting and developing a highly skilled workforce. The USDA OCIO develops, delivers, and defends the business information technologies that empower every aspect of the USDA mission under the following leadership:
Gary Washington, Chief Information Officer
Gary Washington was selected as the USDA Chief Information Officer (CIO) in February 2018. Formerly the CIO for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Washington also has served as CIO and Director of the Information Technology Division for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Kimberly Jackson, Deputy Chief Information Officer
Kimberly Jackson serves as the Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In this role, Ms. Jackson leads the operational components of OCIO that include enterprise services end user support, network, and infrastructure services, and OCIO resource management.
