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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, T.D., has announced the establishment of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

The establishment of the OGCIO follows the appointment of Mr Bill McCluggage as Government Chief Information Officer in June 2013.

Minister Howlin said “the establishment of the OGCIO is an important development in Government’s ongoing commitment to maximising the potential benefits of ICT in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Public Service delivery”

The Government CIO is responsible for developing and implementing an ICT Strategy for Government that ensures an integrated approach to the exploitation of ICT across all Departments and Public Service Bodies, accelerating the delivery of digital services across Ireland and a transformation I the use of the Government’s information assets. The OGCIO will remain responsible for coordinating the implementation of the existing eGovernment and Cloud Computing Strategies.

Minister Howlin said “this new organisation will, when fully resourced, allow Bill and his team to lead, manage and direct across Government Departments to define and implement an enterprise-wide ICT strategy to support the Reform agenda and improve the overall performance of the public service”.

Mr. McCluggage said “I look forward to leading the team here at the OGCIO, and working with colleagues across the Public Service, to deliver real transformation in the way public services use ICT and the development of new and improved digital public services. The work of the OGCIO has a valuable role to play in delivering real reform of Public Services and I intend to ensure we step up to the challenge”.

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23 July, 2013

Note for Editors

Role of Government CIO

The Government CIO, Mr. Bill McCluggage, leads the cross-organisational CIO Council in devising and implementing an ICT strategy and is currently responsible for all IT operations in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

CMOD

The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) replaces the previous Centre for Management and Organisation Development (CMOD).

Responsibilities of OGCIO

The Office of the OGCIO has a wide remit and is responsible for ICT Strategy development of the Public Service; Government Networks; eGovernment Systems Development; eGovernment Policy; EU and International engagement; ICT Metrics; plus delivery of an IT Shared Service to the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform, Finance and the HR Shared Service Peoplepoint.