For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 7, 2003
President Bush Announced Nomination of DHS CIO
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to appoint
one individual to serve as a member of his administration:
The President intends to appoint Steven I. Cooper of Virginia, to
be the Chief Information Officer at the Department of Homeland
Security. Mr. Cooper is currently Special Assistant to the President
and Senior Director for Information Integration in the Office of
Homeland Security. Before joining the White House, Mr. Cooper served
as the Chief Information Officer for Corporate Staffs and the Executive
Director of Strategic Information Delivery at Corning Inc. Prior to
his work at Corning, he served as the Director of Corporate Information
Systems at Eli Lilly and Company. Mr. Cooper, a Certified Computer
Professional (CCP), received his bachelor's degree from Ohio Wesleyan
University. He later went on to study at Duke University where he
earned an Executive Education Certificate.
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