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title: 4 CIO Priorities | Back to Office Sweet Spot | CBP Cloud Goals
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### 4 CIO Priorities | Back to Office Sweet Spot | CBP Cloud Goals

 

 

*This edition of Fed Gov Today is sponsored by [Accenture Federal Services](https://www.accenture.com/us-en/industries/afs-index).*

 

![](https://fedgovtoday.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1629831723983-300x300-1-1.jpg?width=177&height=177&name=1629831723983-300x300-1-1.jpg)The Chief Information Officer at the Commerce Department says [four things should be at the top of the priority lists of CIOs](https://www.meritalk.com/articles/mendes-shares-advice-for-cios-in-an-evolving-it-landscape/). Those four items are consolidate; virtualize; co-locate; and cloud. The CIO at Commerce, **[Andre Mendes](https://www.cio.gov/about/members-and-leadership/mendes-andre/)**, explains why those four items are so important, and how he’s doing them at his agency.

 

The White House is asking agencies to “[aggressively execute](https://www.axios.com/2023/08/04/biden-end-remote-work-federal-employees)” back-to-office strategies this fall. President Biden’s ![](https://fedgovtoday.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1516280007051-300x300-1.jpg?width=191&height=191&name=1516280007051-300x300-1.jpg)Chief of Staff, former OMB Deputy Director for Management Jeffrey Zients, calls in-person work “[critical to the well-being of our teams.](https://www.axios.com/2023/08/04/biden-end-remote-work-federal-employees)” **Britaini Carroll**, Federal Human Capital Practice Lead at Accenture Federal Services, reviews  “[sweet spot practices](https://www.accenture.com/content/dam/accenture/final/a-com-migration/manual/r3/pdf/pdf-160/Accenture-Federal-Helping-Federal-Workers-Thrive.pdf#zoom%3D40)” to smooth your team’s return.

![](https://fedgovtoday.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Assistant-Commissioner-Sanjeev-Sonny-Bhagowalia-Office-of-Information-and-Technology-and-CBP-CIO-1-2.jpg?width=160&height=216&name=Assistant-Commissioner-Sanjeev-Sonny-Bhagowalia-Office-of-Information-and-Technology-and-CBP-CIO-1-2.jpg)Customs and Border Protection has a 70% goal to hit by the end of September. That’s [the percentage of its applications it’s targeted to be in the cloud by the end of fiscal 2023](https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/spotlights/oit-paves-way-cbps-cloud-future). **[Sonny Bhagowalia](https://www.cbp.gov/about/leadership-organization/executive-assistant-commissioners-offices/enterprise-services-assistant-commissioners-offices/information-and-technology)**, Chief Information Officer at CBP, updates you on his progress, and his aim to get everything the CBP does into the cloud within two years.

 

 

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