by CIO Staff

FBI Taps Darwin John for CIO Post

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Aug 15, 20021 min
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When the FBI set out to hire a new CIO, the agency sought someone who had political savvy and financial know-how, and offered the chance to help in the war on terrorism. The catch?the pay is far less than in the private sector. (See “Hero Wanted, Cheap,” at www.cio.com/printlinks.)

Perhaps divine inspiration played a part in the search. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller on July 8 tapped Darwin A. John, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ top IT executive since 1990, as the bureau’s new CIO.

The Salt Lake City-based church is renowned for its Familysearch.org website that lets visitors examine their genealogy from a database of 900 million names. Mueller hopes his new CIO can bring some of that knowledge management prowess to Washington.