Haines taps intelligence community veteran to serve as IC chief information officer

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has selected Adele Merritt to serve as chief information officer for the Intelligence Community. Haines announced the news in a statement Monday. Merritt has held several positions in the intelligence community during a career spanning more than two decades. She began her career at the National Security Agency, served as principal deputy CIO for cyber at the Department of Energy, and director and acting senior director for intelligence programs on the National Security Council during the Obama administration, according to ODNI. Merritt was most recently program manager at DreamPort, a cyber innovation nonprofit created by U.S. Cyber Command.