Tom Kireilis joined the Federal Government post 9/11, He serves as the Deputy Director (Acting) for the Office of Infrastructure Optimization (OIO), Integrated Technology Services of the Federal Acquisition Service. Some of the Initiatives under the aegis of OIO  include SmartBUY, the ITI Line of Business, Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 and e-Authentication. SmartBUY is an initiative of the Federal government and a key program identified in the Presidents Management Agenda  to support effective enterprise level software management through the aggregate buying of commercial software government-wide.

Tom Kireilis was the original first director of the SmartBUY, a Presidential Strategic Sourcing Initiative which was implemented to drastically cut software licensing costs on behalf of the federal government. In 2007, the 1105 Government Information Group surveyed a random sample of 91,622 Federal Computer Week and Government Computer News subscribers about their information technology buying habits. They listed SmartBUY as the contract vehicle of choice, ahead of the GSA Schedule 70 program, GSA FTS 2001/Networx and NASA SEWP. SmartBUY’s documented cost avoidance savings for FY 2007 alone exceeded $130,000,000

His advice on negotiating enterprise licensing agreements is continuously sought out by the governments of Canada and the United Kingdom and he has set up active dialogue between the respective governments on strategic sourcing issues. Prior to joining the Federal Government he was a manager, working as an IT Auditor and IT Security Practitioner with such firms as KPMG and Citigroup.