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
The operating model
Council business is conducted on the following basis:
- The Council is chaired by the Government CIO - CIO team performs secretariat function
- Council membership is exclusively the province of the full Council
- Members attend major meetings in person
- There are a minimum of three full day meetings per year
- Interactive and action oriented events form the basis of Council activities
- Council members operate on a “collective responsibility” basis to steer, own and deliver agreed strategic actions
- Teleconferences are used between meetings to maintain/steer progress
