WASHINGTON, D.C. — There’s a new Chief Information Officer at the Commission, and it sees the former Chief Digital Officer at the Food & Drug Administration take responsibilities for setting and overseeing the overall technical vision of the agency led by Brendan Carr.
Farhan Khan will direct all IT services for the FCC, “driving modernization, and ensuring information security at the Commission to ensure that the FCC’s systems are meeting the current and future needs of the telecommunications industry and supporting the critical work of the FCC’s workforce.”
“I am glad that Farhan is joining the FCC,” said FCC Managing Director Dan Daly. “The FCC’s robust agenda requires a diligent information technology team led by someone with knowledge of all aspects of today’s technology landscape, but also an eye to the future needs of this industry and the Commission as a whole. Farhan has extensive experience in the federal space and in managing large, complex teams. We look forward to his leadership as he applies this same expertise to his responsibilities at the Commission.”
Before working at the FDA, Khan served in high-level IT roles at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, US Army, Department of Transportation and Department of Justice.
The FCC’s CIO leads the information technology team within the agency’s Office of the Managing Director. This team is critical to supporting the efficiency of the FCC’s workforce as they work on the agency’s critical mission. It also supports the systems relied upon by various critical sectors of the American economy and community: from broadband providers to first responders, from small public libraries to space launch operators, from spectrum auction participants to local broadcasters.
