The Government Chief Information Officer

The role of the Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO) is to provide leadership on ICT matters within government. The aim is lower cost, higher quality public services.

Government has emphasised the importance of the role, giving a mandate to the GCIO to provide leadership in information and communications technology (ICT) to drive performance improvement across the system. This responsibility spans across the spectrum of technology through to information, data and service delivery improvements.

The GCIO is supported by the Office of the GCIO which provides guidance and support to the ICT Council, ICT Strategy Group and the Ministerial Committee on Government ICT.

The Office also leads strategic work in areas such as Open Data, government use of the web and cloud computing, and contributes resources to programmes such as service transformation and early development of ICT investment business cases.