Re: Do you have a CIO?

[Tim Howard <Timothy_G_Howard () RAYTHEON COM>]

The I.T. Management Reform Act of 1996, otherwise known as Clinger-Cohen, 
created the statutory requirement for federal agencies to have a CIO. 
Since then they have taken on key roles in the management of IT systems. I 
suggest you look at the law for a summary of what a CIO is expected to do, 
and look for info on the Federal CIO Council and similar CIO 
organizations.  You might also benchmark with other schools in your area. 
Having a C-level responsible adult should be able to bring about cost 
benefits that justify the position.

Good luck

http://www.cio.gov/

http://www.cio.gov/Documents/it_management_reform_act_Feb_1996.html

Tim


Raytheon
Tim Howard
Information Security Manager
Raytheon Information Solutions
301.943.4732 cell;      timothy_g_howard () raytheon com



Ronnie Jefferson <RONNIE.JEFFERSON () HAMPTONU EDU> 
01/05/2006 05:12 PM
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Having a CIO is critical in terms of establishing a vision for how 
technology will support the business and business processes, and then 
selling that vision for technology to key campus stakeholders. 
Nevertheless, while it is very important to ensure that the vision for 
technology is closely aligned to the business goals and objectives of the 
institution, having the CIO report to the CFO could impact the 
effectiveness and ability of the CIO to be as strategic and visionary as 
possible. Although the CIO and CFO can very well coexist in the same 
environment and on occasion work very well together, CFO’s typically feel 
as though CIO’s spend too much money….and CIO’s seem to view CFO’s as 
non-visionaries struggling to keep the purse strings as tight as possible. 
I am a strong advocate for having the CIO report directly to the President 
unless circumstances do not permit.
 
Regards….
 
 
 
Ronnie
 
 
 
Ronnie Jefferson
Director
Data Conversion & Management Lab
Hampton University
Hampton, Va 23668
(757) 727-5928
(757) 728-6807
 
 
 
 
 
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From: Scholz, Greg [mailto:gscholz () KEENE EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:08 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Do you have a CIO?
 
We have a CIO who reports to the VP for Finance and Planning (basically 
the CFO). I believe the position is 3-4 years old (I have been here a year 
so am not certain but know it is not more than four).  Prior to that we 
had 4 directors that reported to the CFO.
 
The best argument I can think of is “unified vision”; the idea that there 
can be one person that takes what the senior leadership of the school 
wants and turn that into a cohesive IT plan.  Of course, if everyone is 
ecstatic about the quality of the IT at your organization it may not be 
seen as a needed improvement.
 
I suggest posting this to the CIO list also.
 
_________________________
Thank you,
Gregory R. Scholz
Lead Network Engineer
Information Technology Group
Keene State College
(603)358-2070
 

From: Jim Schug [mailto:schugj () MATC EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:58 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Do you have a CIO?
 
Our college does not have a dedicated CIO; instead the functions are 
spread through a number of divisions of the college.  I'm curious about:

1) Do you have a CIO?
2) To whom does the CIO report?
3) Any recommendations on how to "sell" the president about the importance 
of having a CIO?

Thank you in advance.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. 
    Motivation determines what you do. 
        Attitude determines how well you do it.
-Lee Holz 

Jim Schug
Information Security Instructor
http://oncampus.matc.edu/infosec 
Milwaukee Area Technical College
5555 West Highland Road, Mequon, WI 53092  USA
Phone: (262) 238-2267