Mr. Dan Chenok, Branch
Chief for Information Policy and Technology, Office of
Management and Budget
Key Bush Administration Technology Advisor
Dan Chenok is the Branch Chief for Information Policy and
Technology in the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). Dan leads a staff that is
responsible for OMB oversight of federal policies regarding electronic
government, computer security, privacy, budgeting for information
technology, information dissemination, and related issues. In addition to
addressing these issues as part of the budget, Dan advises senior White
House officials on major policy decisions in these areas, works closely
with the Chief Information Officer's Council and other interagency groups
to coordinate federal actions on information policy and information
technology, and he represents OMB's information technology (IT) function
to the broader IT community in Washington.
Prior to his current position, Dan served as Assistant Branch Chief
in OIRA's Human Resources and Housing Branch, overseeing regulatory and
information policy for the Departments of Education, Labor, Health and
Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies. Dan
also served as OIRA's lead for state and local regulatory issues. He has
spoken for OMB at conferences to federal, state, local, private sector,
and international audiences. Dan also worked as an OMB budget examiner for
the Education Department. He has won numerous OMB awards, including the
Distinguished Service Award, the agency's highest honor.
Dan started his career as an analyst with the Congressional Office
of Technology Assessment, co-authoring a series of reports on the impact
of technology on the economy.
Dan
graduated cum laude from Columbia University with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in History and English, and he earned his Master's
degree in Public Policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of
Government. He is married and has two daughters.