CIO Council
Chief Information Officer Council
The Government Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council is the first initiative to bring together CIOs from across all parts of the public sector to address common issues. It meets on a quarterly basis to discuss progress being made in delivering the Transformational Government strategy. The strategy falls into 13 workstrands which each have a CIO Council and Cabinet Office lead and are generally supported by a working group or board. The CIO Council:
- Acts as a focus for partnership between IT professionals across government
- Has a membership drawn from the wider public sector - central government, local government, and agencies in fields such as health and policing.
- Is charged with creating and delivering a government-wide CIO agenda to support the transformation of government and to build capacity and capability in IT-enabled business change
- Balances government-wide agendas with accountabilities in line organisations
Socitm members on the CIO Council are:
Jos Creese, Head of IT, Hampshire County Council
Glyn Evans, Assistant to the Chief Executive on Transformation, Birmingham City Council
