New CIO checks in at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress — the oldest federal cultural institution in the US — has promoted a veteran of the research institution to CIO. Judith Conklin, formerly the library’s deputy CIO, succeeds Bernard Barton, who retired after working for six years as the CIO. John Rutledge takes over as the deputy CIO.
Conklin is now responsible for continuing a massive IT turnaround and supporting its strategy to digitize its assets. She will also set the library’s IT strategy and oversee its data centers and cloud services. She will report to Carla Hayden, who as the librarian of Congress is the agency’s top official. She will also serve as the primary adviser to the Librarian of Congress on all technology matters and as a voting member on the Library’s Executive Committee.
Conklin joined the library in 1997 and has served as deputy CIO since 2015. With Bernard A. Barton, Jr., Conklin led the centralization of Library technology activities under the Office of the CIO; fostered the creation of an agency-wide digital strategy; and marshalled efforts to optimize and modernize the Library’s IT infrastructure and critical IT business systems. Under their direction, the Library successfully completed over 350 recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office and the Library’s Office of the Inspector General to improve Library technology management, as well as IT delivery and security.
Leveraging more than 24 years of experience at the library and a background in network engineering, IT security and telecommunications, Conklin brings an understanding of the agency and its technical needs to the role. A cybersecurity expert, Conklin has been recognized by Federal Computer Week as one of the nation’s top federal IT professionals for her work strengthening the Library’s IT security posture. As the first agency-wide authorizing official, Conklin served as the final decision-maker on security for all Library IT systems. She began her career in the U.S. Army, retiring as a major, and has served as a technical consultant specializing in network engineering, information security and telecommunications with AT&T, Booz Allen & Hamilton and Raytheon.
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