The Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council was established
by Executive Order 13011, Federal Information Technology, on
July 16, 1996. A charter for the Council was adopted on February
20, 1997. The CIO Council serves as the principal interagency
forum for improving practices in the design, modernization,
use, sharing, and performance of Federal Government agency information
resources. The Council's role includes developing recommendations
for information technology management policies, procedures,
and standards; identifying opportunities to share information
resources; and assessing and addressing the needs of the Federal
Government's IT workforce. The Chair of the CIO Council is the
Deputy Director for Management for the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) and the Vice Chair is elected by the CIO Council
from its membership. Membership on the Council is comprised
of CIOs and Deputy CIOs from the following Federal executive
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• Agency for International Development
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of the Air Force
• Department of the Army
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Defense
• Department of Education
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Department of the Interior
• Department of Justice
• Department of Labor
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• Department of the Navy
• Department of State
• Department of Transportation
• Department of the Treasury
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• General Services Administration
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Science Foundation
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Office of Personnel Management
• Small Business Administration
• Social Security Administration
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In addition to representatives
from the above-referenced executive agencies, CIO Council
membership includes two representatives from the smaller Federal
agencies. Additional members of the Council include liaisons
to other executive councils, committees, and boards, including
the Chair of the Information Technology Resources Board and
representatives from the Chief Financial Officers Council
and the Procurement Executive Council. Also included as members
are a representative from the Office of Science and Technology
Policy and representatives from OMB's Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs.
The CIO Council serves as a focal point
for coordinating challenges that cross agency boundaries.
The CIO Council operational committees, through subcommittees
and working groups, meet these challenges by producing the
work products of the CIO Council, many of which can be found
on this web site. The CIO Council's Year 2000 Strategic Plan
lists the following six committees: Capital Planning and IT
Management; Federal IT Workforce; Security, Privacy and Critical
Infrastructure; Enterprise Interoperability and Emerging IT;
Outreach; and Year 2000. The Year 2000 Committee has been
sunsetted and a new committee, E-Gov, was formed out of the
GITS (Government Information Technology Services) Board. An
additional committee, the executive committee, is made up
of the chairs of the operational committees and supports Council
operations and the management of budget and cross-committee
initiatives.
In addition, the CIO Council in partnership
with other federal executive councils addresses challenges
that cut across disciplines, such as financial management
and procurement.
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