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      "date": "2002-07-02",
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      "title": "Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO): Opportunities and Challenges",
      "summary": "Debate over the creation of a federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) position has ebbed and\nflowed\nover the past five years as Congress has sought to address government information technology (IT)\nmanagement issues. In private sector organizations, a CIO is often a senior decisionmaker providing\nleadership and direction for information resource development, procurement, and management, with\na focus on improving efficiency and the quality of services delivered. Originally considered in an\nearly draft of the Clinger-Cohen Act in 1995 ( P.L. 104-106 ), the idea of a single federal CIO was\ndropped in favor of creating CIO positions within the executive agencies. The mixed results of\nagency-level CIOs, combined with a growing interest in better managing government IT resources,\nhas renewed attention in this issue. Efforts to coordinate electronic government (e-government)\ninitiatives has also led some observers to call for an \"e-government czar\" or a federal CIO.\n  During the 106th Congress a number of lawmakers made proposals to establish a federal CIO. \nIn the House of Representatives one bill ( H.R. 4670 , Turner) would have established\na federal CIO in an office outside of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). A second bill\n( H.R. 5024 , Davis) had similar provisions but also provided a federal CIO\nwith a broad mandate and budget authority to carry out federal IT projects, and the power to\ncoordinate and execute government-wide information security efforts. Neither bill was passed in the\nlast Congress. In May 2001 a Senate bill was introduced ( S. 803 , Lieberman), which\nincluded many of the House bills' provisions as well as new ones such the creation of a Federal IT\nTraining Center. A companion House bill ( H.R. 2458 , Turner) was introduced in July\n2001. On March 21, 2002, the Governmental Affairs Committee reported  S. 803  (now\nrenamed the E-Government Act of 2002) with an amendment. The Senate passed the bill\nunanimously on June 27, 2002.\n  \n  Although the Bush Administration has opposed creating a separate federal CIO, in June 2001\nOMB announced the creation of a new position, the Associate Director of Information Technology\nand E-Government, who will report to the Deputy Director of Management (DDM) at OMB. The\nDDM, will be the federal CIO.\n  Despite the OMB announcement, some policymakers suggest that many issues remain\nunresolved. One issue is the organizational placement of the position. There is disagreement over\nwhether the federal CIO should be placed in OMB or if a new office should be established within\nthe White House. \n  A second issue is the scope of responsibility of the position. Some proponents suggest that the\nfederal CIO should coordinate information security issues. Critics argue that individual agencies\nmay believe they have a reduced obligation or will devote fewer resources to information security\nat a time when threats to information resources are climbing. Another area of concern is budgetary\nauthority. Many observers consider some control over funding of IT projects critical to the success\nof a federal CIO, either by controlling a portion of the various agencies' budgets for IT projects or\nproviding the federal CIO with a fund to support interagency projects.",
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