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Gartner’s Dean Lacheca says government CIOs must anticipate and correctly respond to increasingly disruptive forces like artificial intelligence.

Dean Lacheca is a research director in Gartner’s CIO research and advisory group.

Within that group, he is part of a global team focused on supporting public sector CIOs and technology leaders.

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin, TD, appointed McCluggage to the role.

This latest initiative is a response to the fact that Germany is still lacking behind the international community when it comes to the adoption of information and Communication Technology (ICT) for the purposes of public administration (on federal and state level alike) and the range of available e-government offerings to its citizens. Furthermore, the exchange of information is often hampered by the fact that not all ICT technologies used on federal as well as state levels are intra-compatible. It will be the responsibility of the newly appointed CIO to coordinate the federal IT activities, including e-government offerings.

Academy president Toshio Obi said a memorandum of understanding between the two organisations aimed to define a framework for collaboration to support chief information officers (CIOs) and leaders in information and communications technology (ICT), particularly those in developing countries. This, in turn, would increase the success of electronic government or e-government, he said.

Was für Finanzdienstleister, Industrie und Handel zum guten Ton gehört, ist im öffentlichen Bereich noch die Ausnahme: ein strategischer und nutzenorientierter Einsatz der IT-Ressourcen.

Hong Kong has taken the bold step of creating the post of a CIO for the entire government. But the effectiveness of the role could be compromised by a complex system of checks and balances and limited control over the government's IT budget, say observers.

Transposit announced results from a recent research study about the evolving roles of the CIO and CTO, as well as the extent of and attitudes towards adoption of DevOps practices in enterprises.

Conducted in July 2021, findings from 415 CIOs and CTOs at medium and large enterprises reveal that these top executive roles have converged at the same time as both positions have taken on significantly increased responsibility for business strategy.

A recognition, albeit a late one, that large organisations including Government, need an expert leading public sector IT strategy and delivery.

Mr McCluggage describes himself as a self-confessed builder and innovator - two skills he is very likely to need, as he attempts to lead the transformation of Irish eGovernment and bring about change in the public sector here.

"There has been no progress on a Government CIO and this is unlikely to change," Rabbitte said today during a Q&A at the launch of a joint Government/EMC cloud innovation centre that will be open to SMEs and the public sector to test new applications.

The idea of a Government CIO was first mooted in 2009 by the then Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

Government of India is planning to have Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in at least 10 key ministries to supervise the implementation of Digital India programme. Besides, a Digital India Advisory Group (DIAG) would also be created, which will b e headed by Minister of Communications and IT. These CIOs will be nodal officers at key ministries to ensure smooth implementation of Prime Minister over Rs 1 lakh crore 'Digital India' programme.

The key role of these CIOs will be planning, organizing and directing the efficient use of information and communication technology while managing the Digital India programme. The CIOs will not be managing desktops, laptops, smart phones or servers of a particular ministry but will be focused on the Mission Mode Projects under the Digital India programme.

The capacity building (CB) scheme seems to be doing many things at once and at times can seem overprepared. What else can explain the training conducted under the programme of chief information officers (CIO) when the creation of a formal post, as recommended in the Nandan Nilekani-led committee report on human resource for e-governance, awaits the approval of the government?

The report is pending the cabinet’s approval and it can take some time before the CIO becomes an official figure in every department.

The popularity of e-government has seen an unprecedented loosening of purse-strings when it comes to government IT spending – and this has made the role of the CIO in public agencies more important than ever, and more complex.

Heralded as an appointment vital to the Government’s technology direction, McCluggage became the State’s first CIO in June 2013 and is responsible for the strategic direction of technology right across the public sector.

The Government has recruited the services of a top information technology executive to oversee the administration of its e-Government (e-Gov) agency.

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell, who made the announcement, said Canadian executive, Dr Louis Shallal will serve as chief information officer (CIO) for the agency.

On February 1 Brendan Boyle assumes the role of government chief information officer.

“The prime minister is quite clear on the need for a CIO,” he says. “He saw the advantages of a modern ICT environment and is a great believer in what ICT can do in terms of productivity.

“Rather than benchmark against other government departments, people now benchmark against online services such as those provided by banks.

State Services Minister Jonathan Coleman and Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain expect the public sector to put a much stronger focus on privacy and security, following the release of a review of the Government’s ICT systems today.

The Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO) Colin MacDonald has published a review of the Government’s publicly accessible ICT systems such as kiosks, wi-fi networks and web services.

The 'new normal', said Caminos, is an uncertain economy and tight budgets.

Cost reduction remains a high priority -- ranking number three among ICT leaders, based on a recent Gartner survey of CIOs.