Council forms advisory group
By
Nick Wakeman
The Council for Excellence in Government has formed an advisory group of former federal, state and local CIOs to offer advice to incoming and new government CIOs.
The group will meet quarterly. The members are:Kathleen Adams and Renato DiPentima, Social Security AdministrationRoger Baker and Alan Balutis, Commerce DepartmentMark Boyer, AlaskaPaul Brubaker and Marvin Langston, Defense DepartmentCurtis Clark, North CarolinaKeith Comstock, West Virginia Matt DeZee, South CarolinaJohn Thomas Flynn, California and MassachusettsKathleen Hirning, Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionJohn Kelly, ArizonaSteve Kolodney, WashingtonJohn Kost, MichiganMichael Langrehr, MarylandJoseph Leo and Anne Reed, Agriculture DepartmentMarlene Lockard, NevadaGeorge Molaski, Transportation DepartmentAlvin Pesachowitz, Environmental Protection AgencyWilliam Piatt, General Services AdministrationWendy Rayner, New JerseyLarry Singer, Georgia
Assist, advise, and mentor incoming public-sector CIOs on successful technology and business alignment and outcomes;
Create a haven for thought leadership, information exchanges and innovative thinking among existing and former CIOs;
Share and build lessons learned and discuss activities essential to integrating strategies for e-government;
Help incoming CIOs recognize customer and business centric needs and demands behind digital government and promote these to other government decision-makers.
The Council for Excellence in Government has formed the Chief Information Officers-Senior Advisers to Government Executives, a group of former federal, state and local CIOs to offer advice to incoming and new government CIOs.
The network, called CIO-SAGE, has more than 25 former CIOs who will offer knowledge and expertise on technology management issues.
"Former government CIOs - the folks who have 'been there and done that' - are an incredible and too often underused resource," said Patricia McGinnis, president and chief executive officer of the Council for Excellence in Government.
The group will: