Chief Information Officer (CIO)
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Choosing the Best License for Your Open Source Software Project
You need sound coding skills to create good software, but the success of an open source project can also depend on something much less glamorous: your choice of software license. Read More »
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CIOs To Gain Authority, Better Alignment With Business Leaders
A measure attached to defense funding bill would consolidate government CIO organization structure, grant new budgetary authorities that could align IT more closely with mission objectives. Read More »
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Government CIOs Have More Clout, Shorter Terms
Government chief information officers stay in their positions one year less on average than their private sector peers, according to new research by Gartner. Read More »
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Hospitals Paying the Price of Not Investing in IT Security
The fact is, most of healthcare simply doesn’t spend enough on data security. In a study conducted by HIMSS Analytics and Symantec that polled 115 IT and security professionals in hospitals with more than 100 beds, more than half (52 percent) said their organization dedicated between zero and 3 percent of the IT budget to security. Just 28 percent said they spent between 3 and 6 percent of IT budget on security. “All of this makes healthcare organizations rich targets for cybercriminals,” reads the study summary.
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House Backs IT Buying Overhaul
The House on Friday passed a bipartisan plan to overhaul the way the government purchases and manages information technology, as part of a major defense policy bill. House members agreed to add a version of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act on a voice vote early Friday and passed the full bill shortly after 1 p.m. Read More »
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Outdated IT Contracting Rules Added To HealthCare.gov Woes?
Critics of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' botched deployment of HealthCare.gov can point to a series of management mistakes, but many observers point to a more systematic problem with government IT contracts. Read More »
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The rise of the citizen CIO
Are citizen CIOs a threat to local governments or a blessing in disguise? Read More »
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The Roles I Play
As 2014 begins, I marvel at the evolution of the CIO role from 1997 to 2014. Gone are the days when my role was to serve as technical expert, configuring web servers, optimizing data bases, or simplifying code. [...] Here are a few examples of the roles I play today from the past few weeks: Read More »
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The State Of The CIO
Last year, on the 15th anniversary of the Clinger-Cohen Act becoming law, the Government Accountability Office released a rather gloomy status report on the agency CIO role. GAO found that most CIOs were responsible for just five areas of IT and information management out of 13, and they often lacked the authority to make key decisions about recruiting and IT investments. Read More »
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Updated IT Reform Act Would Make CIOs Presidential Appointees
An updated draft of legislation to fundamentally reform how the government purchases information technology gives agency-level chief information officers more authority but scales back some earlier proposals to centralize purchasing for major IT products and services. Read More »
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VA's Warren Given CIO Title As House Ramps Up Cyber Investigation
The Veterans Affairs Department is splitting up its chief information officer's position for at least the short term. Read More »
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