Sandoval appears to have taken over the vacant federal CISO role, bringing with him a controversial past serving the Trump administration.

The CIO would become a presidentially appointed position that reports directly the Office of Management and Budget director, instead of the deputy director.

Schneider has been filling the role on an acting basis since January 2017.

Touhill will oversee Cyxtera Federal Group, launched as a means to connect public sector agencies with technology already being used in the private sector.

The Obama administration's IT leaders focused heavily on trying to get agencies to move to the cloud, leverage shared services and above all, retire legacy systems. And so far, all signs point to the Trump administration continuing in a similar vein.

Retired Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill has stepped down from his role, despite being appointed to the position just in September.