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News The government's CIO council has been told by MPs to "raise its game" and act more like its US counterpart to become a key influence in improving the track record of big public sector IT projects. The CIO council is headed by government CIO John... [05 Jun 2007]
The Federal CIO Council's Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP)
White Paper The Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP) was established by a group of individuals for the purpose of achieving "semantic interoperability" and "semantic data integration" focused on the government sector. [20 May 2005]
Government CIOs get own website
News The government's new CIO Council has set up its own website to provide more details of its activities. The website - www.cio.gov.uk - was launched late last month to act as a "focal point" for the work of the council. [01 Aug 2005]
Video app the highway to healthy roads
News Hampshire County Council is trialling an extension to its road management systems with an asset-counting application based on video capture. The council is piloting the Yotta DCL MARCHpms pavement management system to process video data on its road... [12 May 2008]
Make tech greener, CIOs told
News Speaking at a European e-government conference in Lisbon, Cabinet Office minister Gillian Merron called on the UK's CIO Council to reduce the carbon footprint of government computers and improve the sustainability of public sector IT.silicon.com... [21 Sep 2007]
Perception of government IT at "all-time low"
News The IT strategy will be developed by Watmore's CIO council of 21 central and local government heads of IT, which met for the first time last month. In addition to the CIO council Watmore hopes to assemble a team of five to 10 experienced "heavy... [16 Feb 2005]
Big shoes to fill - what next for the new government CIO?
News While the search is on for the new government CIO, Watmore's deputy Andrew Stott will act as the interim head of the e-Government Unit and oversee the council's plans. Ian laid the groundwork for the CIO Council. [12 Jan 2006]
Dylan Roberts
CIO Profile Roberts, who has been at Leeds Council since 2003, is on the Local Government National CIO Council, is the Yorkshire and Humber regional executive of Socitm and chairs the West Yorkshire CIO group. As head of ICT at Leeds City Council, Dylan... [11 Jun 2008]
Local gov't CIOs to set national agenda
News The Local Government CIO Council met for the first time on 1 April after being set up by local government IT group the Society of IT Management (Socitm). The group will meet three times per year and report to the main Government CIO Council... [02 Apr 2008]
"Ratners" syndrome holding back government IT
News Part of Watmore's plan involves an IT roadmap for government that will be developed by a "CIO Council" made up of the heads of IT from various central departments and local government bodies. Speaking at the same event David Myers, CIO council... [25 May 2005]
Techies lack communication and leadership skills
News Glyn Evans, Birmingham City Council CIO, said the authority went down the joint venture route to gain access to skills and resources it didn't have in-house. Birmingham City Council is one organisation in the middle of a massive change programme. [27 Jun 2007]
Jos Creese
CIO Profile He is also a member of the CIO Council, the body run by government CIO John Suffolk. As head of IT at Hampshire County Council Jos Creese runs a team of more than 420 business and IT staff and is involved nationally, regionally and corporately in a... [06 Jun 2007]
CIO Jury: Is industry experience vital for IT chiefs?
News Chris Robinson, CIO, Staffordshire County Council Rob Neil, head of ICT at Ashford Borough Council, said: "I’ve moved from financial IT to education to the service sector and then to local government. [13 Apr 2006]
UK CIO of the Year announced
News Richard Steel, head of ICT at Newham Council — which was at the centre of a major row between Linux advocates and Microsoft in 2004 — has won Public Sector CIO of the Year award in the UK Technology Innovation & Growth Awards. [16 Mar 2005]
CIO Jury: Software licensing 'too complex'
News Chris Robinson, CIO at Staffordshire County Council, said: "It is certainly in the suppliers' interest to keep it complex in the ERP market, witnessed by the huge differences in discounts offered on licences depending on who the customer is and... [16 Jun 2006]
