Ever wonder what your public-sector counterparts make?

The Defense Department chief information officer oversees one of the largest private IT networks in the world and the the Veterans Affairs Department is launching an ambitious electronic health record project. But with all that federal CIOs have on their plates, what's on their paystubs may come as a surprise.

As private-sector executives eagerly await bonus season, the debate has once again arisen around public-sector pay. Sister-publication FierceGovernmentIT investigated base pay for federal CIOs in 2010 and put together a slideshow with salary amounts, brief bios and more. Click here to begin the slideshow.