{"id":178610,"date":"2025-08-27T02:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T02:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/178610\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T02:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T02:40:15","slug":"us-navy-chief-information-officer-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/178610\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy chief information officer announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 bFwqVI body-paragraph body-paragraph\">The head of the U.S. Navy\u2019s cybersecurity and information hub will leave her post after nearly two years in the position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 bFwqVI body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Jane Overslaugh Rathbun, the service\u2019s chief information officer, announced her retirement in a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7364398200251654147\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 bFwqVI body-paragraph body-paragraph\">\u201cIt is with gratitude, pride, and humility that I close out this chapter of my career as a civil servant,\u201d Rathbun said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 bFwqVI body-paragraph body-paragraph\">She listed some of her many accomplishments during her more than 30 years as a civil servant, including partnering with industry and academia to provide solutions to problems and meeting the \u201clove of [her] life,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 bFwqVI body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Rathbun did not specify the reason for her retirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 bFwqVI body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Military Times reached out to the U.S. Navy for comment regarding Rathbun\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 bFwqVI body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Rathbun took the helm as acting chief information officer in March 2023 after the previous CIO Aaron Weis left to begin a position with Google Public Sector, <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2023\/03\/27\/former-navy-cio-aaron-weis-joins-google-public-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2023\/03\/27\/former-navy-cio-aaron-weis-joins-google-public-sector\/\">according<\/a> to DefenseScoop. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 bFwqVI body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Press-Office\/Press-Releases\/display-pressreleases\/Article\/3579887\/secnav-del-toro-selects-new-chief-information-officer\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">promoted<\/a> Rathbun to be the Navy\u2019s official CIO in November 2023, putting her in charge of the Navy\u2019s information technology portfolio, valued at more than $12 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 bFwqVI body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Rathbun previously served as the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for information warfare and enterprise services, as well as the Navy\u2019s chief technology officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secnav.navy.mil\/donhr\/About\/Senior-Executives\/Biographies\/Rathbun,%20J.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.secnav.navy.mil\/donhr\/About\/Senior-Executives\/Biographies\/Rathbun,%20J.pdf\">according<\/a> to her Navy biography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 bFwqVI body-paragraph body-paragraph\">She also served as the deputy director for defense business systems in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Cyber and Business Systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__BioWrapper-sc-cy7r53-0 eATlTY a-body2\">Riley Ceder is a reporter at Military Times, where he covers breaking news, criminal justice, investigations, and cyber. 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