Chief Information Officers : Responsibilities and Information and Technology Governance at Leading Private-Sector Companies

Congress has enacted a series of laws designed to improve agencies' performance. Recognizing the importance of the Chief Info. Officer (CIO) position, two reports have been issued. The first (July 2004) discussed the extent to which fed. CIOs had respon. for 12 functional areas either required by statute or critical to effective info. & tech. mgmt., incl. info. tech. (IT) capital planning, strategic planning for info. resources, & info. security & privacy. This report focuses on the respon. of CIOs at 20 leading private-sector org. & addresses: What are the respon. of these CIOs, & how do they compare with those of fed. CIOs? What are the key challenges of these private-sector CIOs? & How do these org. govern their info. & IT assets enterprisewide?Powner, David A. is the author of 'Chief Information Officers : Responsibilities and Information and Technology Governance at Leading Private-Sector Companies', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422304358 and ISBN 1422304353.