Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer

Chip Fulghum was confirmed as the Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Homeland Security on September 23, 2014.  He is also both the Department’s Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Management and Acting Chief Acquisition Officer.  Mr. Fulghum joined the Department as the Budget Director in the Office of the CFO in October 2012, following a notable career as an officer in the United States Air Force.

As Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Management, Mr. Fulghum leads  several lines of business across the Department.  These business areas include financial management, human capital, information technology, procurement, security, and asset management.  

As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Fulghum oversees the $60 billion budget of DHS, including the development and justification of the budget request, and budget execution, and reporting.  He directs all financial management activities throughout the department, some of which include financial reporting, successful outcomes during annual financial audits, modernization of financial systems and financial assistance policy and oversight.  He has stewardship of internal controls to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse and coordinates GAO-OIG inquiries across the department.   He oversees the targeted mission area analysis to support decisions on the direction and use of resources, including life cycle cost estimates for large department programs.

Prior to joining the Department, he served as a U.S. Air Force officer for 28 years, rising to the rank of a Colonel. Mr. Fulghum is a graduate of the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, Professional Military Comptroller School, and Squadron Officer School.  He holds a Masters of Business Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.