CIOs Embrace Open Government
Federal chief information officers have embraced the Obama administration's open government initiative by trying to increase access to government information and encouraging public participation and collaboration, a new survey of these officials released Tuesday found.
The 20th annual survey of CIOs, conducted by TechAmerica and Grant Thornton, found that CIOs are trying to improve access to government information through portals such as Data.gov, USASpending.gov, Recovery.gov and the Federal IT Dashboard and aiming to increase public participation through social media, wikis, Web. 2.0, Twitter and next-generation Web applications.
"The CIOs think that broadening public participation and involvement in government will create greater trust in government, increase the value that citizens receive from government, and unleash innovation with respect to governing and government services," Paul Wohlleben, a partner in the Global Public Sector practice at Grant Thornton, LLP, said in a statement.
At the same time, the CIOs said cybersecurity ranked among the top long-term challenges they face followed by information technology infrastructure; IT workforce issues; IT management; efficiency and effectiveness; performance management and accountability; and acquisition issues.
The report also included some recommendations to improve government IT. They included a call for officials to provide guidelines on how and where cloud computing should be used in government; provide more details about the shape, form and benefits of open government; and set a goal for cybersecurity and create a roadmap for achieving an appropriate level of operational security.
More than 40 CIOs, information resources management officials and representatives from the White House Office of Management and Budget and congressional oversight committee staff were interviewed for the survey.
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