The Chief Information Officer Roles Regarding Strategic Planning, Disaster Recovery, & Risk Management
The Chief Information Officer
Roles regarding Strategic Planning, Disaster Recovery, & Risk Management
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Chris Wyllie
CIS 423
Dr. Ellis
Chief Information Officer
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) position was officially established by the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1969. From this piece of legislation, the CIO was given its official duties and responsibilities. They include Provision/Assistance to Senior Executives on IT Acquisition and Management, Integration of a Sound IT System, Up-keeping/maintenance on present IT architecture, Input on the development of Enterprise Strategies along with specific plans regarding hiring and future employee training, Et Cetera. The image above gives a larger view of activities that a CIO would participate in. It is not an insult to assume that the range of CIO responsibilities is so wide that it would be quite challenging to expect one person to have all these skills. Having to keep precedent with the latest technologies, managing an implemented IT System, and providing decisions to senior executives is quite a handful. The Clinger-Cohen act also implies that the CIO is entitled to a staff of individuals that can together help meet the competencies, and can create a suitable office environment. Ironically the act does not mandate appropriate funds be allocated to the CIO position or to any of the activities he/she is in control of.
There is a pun made of the CIO acronym, instead of ‘Chief Information Officer,’ its ‘Career Is Over.’ In the beginning days of IT implementation, this would have certainly cracked a couple of laughs. This was often said by people who did not understand upcoming technology; back in the 50’s and 60’s was almost everyone in the general society. Communities back then didn’t believe that all these new-fangled “Computers” would catch on. Early concepts such as E-mail was thought to be “kid stuff” and irrelevant to the business world. Information
Roles regarding Strategic Planning, Disaster Recovery, & Risk Management
[pic]
Chris Wyllie
CIS 423
Dr. Ellis
Chief Information Officer
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) position was officially established by the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1969. From this piece of legislation, the CIO was given its official duties and responsibilities. They include Provision/Assistance to Senior Executives on IT Acquisition and Management, Integration of a Sound IT System, Up-keeping/maintenance on present IT architecture, Input on the development of Enterprise Strategies along with specific plans regarding hiring and future employee training, Et Cetera. The image above gives a larger view of activities that a CIO would participate in. It is not an insult to assume that the range of CIO responsibilities is so wide that it would be quite challenging to expect one person to have all these skills. Having to keep precedent with the latest technologies, managing an implemented IT System, and providing decisions to senior executives is quite a handful. The Clinger-Cohen act also implies that the CIO is entitled to a staff of individuals that can together help meet the competencies, and can create a suitable office environment. Ironically the act does not mandate appropriate funds be allocated to the CIO position or to any of the activities he/she is in control of.
There is a pun made of the CIO acronym, instead of ‘Chief Information Officer,’ its ‘Career Is Over.’ In the beginning days of IT implementation, this would have certainly cracked a couple of laughs. This was often said by people who did not understand upcoming technology; back in the 50’s and 60’s was almost everyone in the general society. Communities back then didn’t believe that all these new-fangled “Computers” would catch on. Early concepts such as E-mail was thought to be “kid stuff” and irrelevant to the business world. Information