Office of the Chief Information Officer

What this funds

Office of the Chief Information Officer Subtotal Discretionary - Appropriation Comparison of Budget Authority and Request The DHS OCIO, in collaboration with the DHS OCIO Council, is responsible for implementing programs necessary to align DHS IT personnel, resources, and assets, including all systems and infrastructure, to support Department-wide missions and activities. OCIO's mission is to provide DHS and its partners with IT services required to lead a unified National effort to prevent and deter terrorist attacks as well as protect against and respond to threats and hazards. In addition, the OCIO supports CAIO organization and all DHS's efforts to integrate AI into its operations and ensure that AI initiatives are managed effectively under the broader IT and data strategy for the Department. OCIO is the lead entity within DHS for biometric identity services. It operates the HART system, which supports DHS Components, the Department of State, Department of Justice, Department of War, State and local entities, the Intelligence Community, and foreign partners by providing accurate and timely biometric identity information to support transportation and border security, immigration enforcement, and enhance National security and public safety. The O&S appropriation funds the technology for storing, comparing, analyzing, and sharing biometric and biographic data, ensuring data security and integrity. Operations and Support Office of the Chief Information Officer - PPA

Extracted from Office of the Secretary and Executive Management, p. 5. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

Contracts funded by this line

715 linked contracts. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.

Showing 8 of 715 — most confidently matched first, largest within a confidence tier. These are not necessarily the largest 8.

Confidence mix · 715 medium

Linked contracts are a floor, not a census. Coverage is bounded by how distinctively a program is named and, for performer links, to RDT&E and Procurement — O&M and military construction publish no performers. Budget figures are FY2027 request dollars; contract figures are obligations. The two measure different things and must never be summed together.

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