CFTC taps Leiss as CIO

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has chosen Wayne Leiss, currently chief of the federal financial systems branch in the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM), to become the commission’s new chief information officer. At OMB, Leiss has been the driving force behind developing a governmentwide financial reporting systems architecture and policy. Leiss is scheduled to begin at CFTC Aug. 22.