Transmittal Notice 17-14

BACKGROUND

The purpose of this Transmittal Notice (TN) is to forward a copy of the Delegation of Authority (DOA), Administrative #54, "Operating Division Chief Information Officer (CIO) Delegation of Authority, FY 2017."  Beth Anne Killoran, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in the attached memorandum has delegated some authorities under the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) [Pub. L. No. 113-291, § 831 of Div. A, Title I, Subtitle D (Dec. 19, 2014)] and Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-15-14, to the IHS CIO.

The purpose of this DOA is to identify and record the delegation of authority from the HHS CIO to the Operating Division Chief Information Officer to review and approve information technology budget, acquisition strategies, or other agreements where approval authority is vested in the HHS CIO or, alternatively, where approval authority is vested pursuant to a governance process in which the HHS CIO is a "full participant" under FITARA.

MATERIAL TRANSMITTED

The IHS DOA Administrative #54, "Operating Division Chief Information Officer (CIO) Delegation of Authority, FY 2017."

MATERIAL SUPERSEDED

DOA, Administrative #54, dated February 1, 2017

MANUAL MAINTENANCE

Remove the current DOA, Administrative #54, dated February 1, 2017 and insert the attached copy of the new DOA Administrative #54, and the TN 17 14, in sequential order in your manual system binders.