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Danielle Metz to Head DoD's New Information Management and Technology Directorate

The new directorate will help modernize the information enterprise for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Danielle Metz, chief information technology strategist, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Defense Department, speaks at AFCEA’s TechNet Cyber 2022. Photo by Michael Carpenter

The Department of Defense announced today that Danielle Metz will lead the new Information Management and Technology Directorate (IM&T) within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

"On September 30, 2022, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks designated the director of Administration and Management (DA&M) as the senior official responsible for information management and technology in OSD and to serve as the chief information officer for the OSD," the announcement stated. "Michael B. Donley, DA&M, has now established the Information Management and Technology directorate and selected Ms. Danielle Metz to lead the office."

As the IM&T director, Metz will support the DA&M in his role as the CIO for OSD and lead the strategic modernization of the information enterprise for the OSD components, according to the DoD.

The initial focus of the new directorate "will be on establishing a framework for the integration of IT activities across the OSD components; developing an OSD IT resource requirements baseline; and creating a standardized memorandum of agreement between OSD and the Joint Service Provider for shared service support," the report stated.

Until this appointment, Metz has been serving as OSD's chief information technology strategist, leading an assessment of the OSD IT landscape, and looking into the quality and management of digital technologies to see if the highest levels of DoD senior leadership had access to a modern user experience to execute their mission. She provided recommendations for "significant and enduring" improvements regarding the appropriate IT tools for the nation’s top military leaders.

Prior to that effort, Metz was the deputy chief information officer (CIO) for the OSD’s Information Enterprise, providing oversight, policy guidance and digital expertise for DoD’s enterprise infrastructure initiatives.