The goal is to ensure that all government agencies are operating under the same set of security guidelines when they buy IoT devices, which have a wide range of civilian and military uses.

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

“Everything we’ve done in the past two years we’ll continue to do," Chris Liddell said.

The bill would "improve the use of AI across the federal government by providing resources."

The Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2018 would formally reauthorize and rename the Office of Management and Budget's Office of E-Government as the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer.

The lawmakers authored a report detailing the technology’s promise and the need for more congressional and presidential support of it.