Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
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The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense is the senior official responsible for overseeing the Pentagon’s information technology, cybersecurity, and information resource management strategies and policies.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense canonical | 6 |
| DoD Chief Information Officer | 2 |
| Department of Defense CIO | 1 |
| DoD CIO | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5153809 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense Context triple: [Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, positionHeldBy, Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense]
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A.
Chief Information Officer of the Army
The Chief Information Officer of the Army is the senior official responsible for overseeing the U.S. Army’s information technology strategy, cybersecurity, and digital modernization efforts.
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B.
General Counsel of the Department of Defense
The General Counsel of the Department of Defense is the chief legal officer and primary legal advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense and senior Pentagon leadership on all matters of defense law and policy.
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C.
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency is the senior U.S. military intelligence official responsible for overseeing and integrating defense-related intelligence activities and products that support national security and military operations.
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D.
Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community
The Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community is the senior official responsible for overseeing and integrating information technology, cybersecurity, and information-sharing capabilities across the U.S. Intelligence Community.
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E.
Chief of Staff of the United States
The Chief of Staff of the United States is the senior military officer who serves as a principal military advisor and leader within the U.S. armed forces’ highest command structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense Target entity description: The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense is the senior official responsible for overseeing the Pentagon’s information technology, cybersecurity, and information resource management strategies and policies.
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A.
Chief Information Officer of the Army
The Chief Information Officer of the Army is the senior official responsible for overseeing the U.S. Army’s information technology strategy, cybersecurity, and digital modernization efforts.
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B.
General Counsel of the Department of Defense
The General Counsel of the Department of Defense is the chief legal officer and primary legal advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense and senior Pentagon leadership on all matters of defense law and policy.
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C.
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency is the senior U.S. military intelligence official responsible for overseeing and integrating defense-related intelligence activities and products that support national security and military operations.
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D.
Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community
The Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community is the senior official responsible for overseeing and integrating information technology, cybersecurity, and information-sharing capabilities across the U.S. Intelligence Community.
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E.
Chief of Staff of the United States
The Chief of Staff of the United States is the senior military officer who serves as a principal military advisor and leader within the U.S. armed forces’ highest command structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal government position
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chief information officer role ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Secretary of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Secretary of Defense
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cybersecurity
ⓘ
information resource management ⓘ information technology management ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | DoD CIO ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States Department of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
United States federal government ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| legalBasis |
Clinger–Cohen Act of 1996
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DoD Directive 5144.02 ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense directives
Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arlington County, Virginia
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linked to:
Arlington County
|
| memberOf | Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Department of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| positionHeldBy | DoD Chief Information Officer ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
Deputy Secretary of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Defense ⓘ
linked to:
United States Secretary of Defense
|
| responsibleFor |
DoD cloud computing strategy
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DoD cyber defense policy ⓘ DoD cybersecurity strategy ⓘ DoD cybersecurity workforce policy ⓘ DoD data management policy ⓘ DoD enterprise architecture compliance ⓘ DoD enterprise information environment ⓘ DoD enterprise services such as email and collaboration tools ⓘ DoD identity, credential, and access management policy ⓘ DoD information assurance policy ⓘ DoD information enterprise architecture ⓘ DoD information security policy ⓘ DoD information sharing policy ⓘ DoD information technology capital planning ⓘ DoD information technology governance frameworks ⓘ DoD information technology interoperability policy ⓘ DoD information technology investment review ⓘ DoD information technology modernization strategy ⓘ DoD information technology performance metrics ⓘ DoD information technology portfolio management ⓘ DoD information technology standards ⓘ DoD network operations policy ⓘ DoD spectrum management policy ⓘ command, control, and communications information systems policy ⓘ cybersecurity policy of the Department of Defense ⓘ information resource management of the Department of Defense ⓘ information technology policy of the Department of Defense ⓘ oversight of major automated information system programs ⓘ |
| scope | Department-wide ⓘ |
| seat |
The Pentagon
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linked to:
Pentagon
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense Description of subject: The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense is the senior official responsible for overseeing the Pentagon’s information technology, cybersecurity, and information resource management strategies and policies.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
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positionHeldBy
→
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
ⓘ
Chief Information Officers Council of the United States
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member
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Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
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successorPosition
→
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
ⓘ
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
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positionHeldBy
→
DoD Chief Information Officer
ⓘ
linked to: Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
linked to: Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
→
reportsTo
→
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
ⓘ
Chief Information Officer of the Air Force
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worksWith
→
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
ⓘ
linked to: Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs
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collaboratesWith
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Department of Defense CIO
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linked to: Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense