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Federal Chief Information Officer: Leadership Needed to Confront Serious Challenges and Emerging Issues

T-AIMD-00-316 Published: Sep 12, 2000. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the creation of a federal chief information officer (CIO), focusing on the: (1) structure and responsibilities of existing state and foreign governmentwide CIO models; (2) federal CIO approaches proposed by two bills; and (3) type of leadership responsibilities that a federal CIO should possess.

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CentralizationChief information officersComputer securityE-governmentForeign governmentsInformation resources managementProductivity in governmentProposed legislationStrategic information systems planningInformation technology