W. Todd Grams
Executive in Charge for the Office of Management and Chief Financial Officer
W. Todd Grams was appointed as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on November 8, 2009. In addition, he serves as Executive in Charge for the Office of Management for the Department. He is responsible for the budget and financial management of VA’s $125 billion budget as well as the Department’s performance management, business oversight, and asset enterprise management programs.
Before his appointment at the VA, Mr. Grams served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology from July 2006 to November 2009. In that position, he was responsible for all NIST-wide administrative offices including: information technology, human resources, facilities, construction, finance, acquisitions, grants, budget, safety and security.
From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Grams served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) where he was responsible for all IRS IT functions nationwide, totaling $2 billion and 7,000 staff. His three-year tenure is the longest of any agency-wide IRS CIO, and he led the most successful years to date of the IRS modernization program, while restructuring 15 percent of the IT workforce. From 2001 to 2003, he was the CFO of the IRS where he was responsible for the accounting of $2 trillion in tax receipts and the oversight of the IRS’ $10 billion operating budget.
Prior to joining the IRS, he served at the VA from 1994 to 2000 as the first CFO of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) where he was responsible for budget, finance, CHAMPVA, Medical Care Cost Recovery, DOD-VA Sharing, and acquisitions. In this position, he led the development of the ground-breaking Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation system, which after 12 years continues to be the internal allocation system used by the VHA. In 2001, he served as the VA’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Grams began his Federal service at the Bureau of the Census in 1980 as a budget analyst. He served in a variety of positions at the Office of Management and Budget from 1983 to 1994, including appropriations bill tracker, budget examiner, and Chief of the Veterans Affairs Branch.
Mr. Grams has earned three Presidential Rank Awards. He received the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Service in 2006 (while with the IRS) and in 2000 (while with the VA). In 1997, he received the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Service at the VA. In addition, he is the recipient of the Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary’s Awards for Distinguished Career and Meritorious Service.
Mr. Grams graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1980.
