Andrew Vanjani becomes CIO for USCIS
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Natalie Alms
Vanjani has held several positions across federal and state agencies and will take over a position left vacant for nearly a year after former USCIS CIO Bill McElhaney departed in May.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which oversees lawful immigration from within the Department of Homeland Security, has a new chief information officer.
Andrew Vanjani took over the position on Tuesday, he posted on his LinkedIn. Vanjani has previously worked within the General Services Administration, for the state of Maryland and mostly recently at the Organization of American States.
The agency’s last CIO listed on its website, Bill McElhaney, left the agency last May, according to his LinkedIn. He had been the CIO since 2018.
Vanjani wrote in his LinkedIn post that he will be focused on leveraging emerging technology to combat fraud risks and designing future-ready infrastructure in his new role.
The agency has been focused on using technology to reduce its backlog of immigration applications and improve efficiency for years, including via electronic case processing. It’s also been working to modernize its IT infrastructure.
“We are incredibly pleased that Andrew Vanjani has joined USCIS as the new Chief Information Officer,” USCIS spokesman Zach Kahler said in a statement. “He shares the director’s vision of using advanced technology to create more efficient government and to protect the American people.”