FederalNewsRadio - Ask the CFO - Curt Coy (ACF)

Administration for Children and Families

Curt Coy - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration

As if being a chief financial officer isn't tough enough, try being the chief information officer to boot. It is a challenge that Curt Coy has taken on for a number of years. He says the combination may not work for every agency but that at ACF it ensures that IT is leveraged to support the agency's financial backbone and further the mission. Still, Coy says no matter which model you choose, the need for IT and financial leaders to work together is only going to become more crucial as the amount of resources available for IT investments continues to shrink. He also talks about the impact newer government workers are having when it comes to integrating IT into solutions across the board, the resulting impact on the PMA and becoming a shared service provider for grants with a web-based system.

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FederalNewsRadio - Ask the CFO - Curtis Coy (ACF)

Curtis (Curt) L. Coy was appointed the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) on October 6, 2002. Prior to his appointment, he served briefly as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management at the Administration on Aging and for two years as the Director of the Program Support Center (PSC) at the Department of Health and Human Services. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration is responsible for exerting corporate leadership to ensure the success of the business aspects of the Administration's mission. Mr. Coy serves as ACF's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Grant Officer, FMFIA Management Control Officer, and Deputy Ethics Officer. In addition to providing the highest quality advice and service to the Assistant Secretary concerning grants, financial and human resources, systems management and administrative services, Mr. Coy oversees a staff of approximately 125 who carry out contract management, grants policy, financial management, internal and state systems, human resources and administrative functions.

• Fighting the stereotype of the stuffy Government Bureaucracy
• Building support for the President's Management Agenda with the Green Broom
• Using logic in entitlements

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