NYS CIO Council
NYS Forum Corporate Roundtable
May 28, 2010
NYS CIO Council
Leadership Committee
Strategic Roadmap
Vision for the CIO Council
 Provides opportunity for CIOs to speak with a
single voice
 Through committees, performs meaningful
service to CIO Community to advance the
“state of the practice”
 Provides for sharing of best practices and
lessons learned, informing future work
 Contributes to development of a collaborative
environment, facilitating joint initiatives
A Coordinated Effort
CIO Council
CIO/OFT
NYS Forum
Goal: Coordinate initiatives with OFT/CIO and the NYS Forum
to ensure optimal use of resources
Strategic Roadmap Objectives
 Present committee structure for 2010
 Articulate the goals and key work products
of each committee
 Set expectations for what the committees
hope to achieve in 2010
2010 CIO Council Committees
Workforce
Development
Enterprise
Architecture
Leadership
Committee
Open
Government,
Collaboration
and
Communication
Procurement
Committee Engagement Model
NYS IT
Community
Activities
Analyze
Problem/
Opportunity
CIO Council
Evaluate
Request
Develop
Recommendation
Work
Product
Present
Recommendation
Policy/Opera
tional Advice
OFT/CIO
Inputs
Committee Process
Outputs
Expanding CIO Community
Engagement
 All Council Members invited to Committees
 NYSGLITDA Members invited to CIO Council
Collaboration
 Public Facing Website for CIO Council (under
construction) www.nyciocouncil.org
 New “Open Forum” Discussion Topic on CIO
Council Collaboration Space
www.nyciocouncil.org
Purpose
Leadership Committee
Facilitate the mission, objectives, organization, procedures, and functions of the New York State
Chief Information Officer Council.
Membership
15 members - 3 State CIO Appointees,
2 Designated per Charter: President of
NYSLGIDTA, New York City DoITT, and 10
elected by the CIO Council
2010 Activities
2010 Policy/Operational Advice
1.Organize Leadership Committee, elect
Chair and Vice Chair.
2.Conduct monthly leadership calls and
monthly meetings with CIO/OFT.
3.Standardize Committee structure and
charters/’Statement of Purpose’).
4.Develop Strategic Roadmap to guide
all NYS CIO Council Committees.
5.Plan and conduct quarterly CIO
Council Meetings.
1.Post Committee recommendations to
CIO Council GroupSite for member
review.
2.Obtain CIO Council consensus on
recommendations/advice.
3.Present recommendations/advice to
State CIO.
Elected Members
David Gardam
Adam Gigandet (Vice Chair)
Thomas Herzog
Andrew Hoppin
Kim McKinney
Nancy Mulholland (Chair)
Brian Scott
William Travis
David Walsh
Hao Wang
2010 Work Products
Local Government Designated - Ed
Hemminger, Ellen Stein
1.Strategic Roadmap
2.Council Meetings
CIO/OFT Appointed – Sharon CatesWilliams, Andres Fortino, Harvey Koeppel
Measures of Success
1.Strategic roadmap is adopted by CIO
Council.
2.Leadership meetings are conducted
monthly and achieve attendance of
50% of members.
3.Council Meetings are conducted
quarterly and achieve attendance of
50 members.
4.Committees meet monthly
5.State CIO adopts policy
advice/recommendations of the
Council.
• Stakeholders: NYS CIO/Deputy CIO’s, CIO Council Committee Chairs, NYS Agency CIO’s, Local governmental CIO’s
Purpose
Workforce Development
Promote policies and practices that support a high-skilled IT workforce.
Membership
Co-chairs – David Gardam, Steven Lovelett
CIOs, HR directors and executive level IT and
HR personnel
Marie Allen
Carol Bentley
Ted Borys
Leslie Brennan
Thomas Corrado
Terri Daly
David Dietrich
Lenn Ditman
Elaine Ehlinger
James Francescone
Andres Fortino
Sandra Gersowitz
Adam Gigandet
Alan Ilagan
Moses Kamya
MaryBeth Lindsay
Gina Lysyczyn
Karen McCarroll
Stephanie O’Connell
Pamela Paulik
David Phelan
Cheryl Prochera
Marjorie Raymond
Joanne Riddett
Phil Ruggirello
Jill Shadick
Frank Slade
Steve Spalten
Mary Starr
Christine Thayer
Eileen Wierzbowski
Anthony Zumbolo
2010 Activities
1.Work with Civil Service in development of a
new G-23 exam to be held in spring 2010.
Recruit SME’s for exam and for
development of related skills inventory.
2.Work with Civil Service in revamping the G14 and G-18 skill inventory and recommend
changes to improve program quality.
3.Develop proposal for a coordinated program
with academia to recruit student volunteers
and interns into IT positions.
4.Collaborate with GOER and OFT to
enhance training of State IT employees.
5.Conduct a review of IT certificates and
make recommendations for use in
classification standards, skills inventories,
etc.
2010 Work Products
1. Successful G-23 exam with related skills
inventory.
2. A revamped G-18 skill inventory and
improved administrative process for
recruitment.
3. A new statewide program for IT interns.
4. Establishment of more formal educational
programs for IT professionals.
5. A ranking of IT certificate significance.
2010 Policy/Operational Advice
1.Advise Civil Service in the development of a
dual track career path for IT workers: one
based on the traditional promotional model
based on supervisory duties and a second,
new path, based upon employee technical
expertise.
2.Advise OFT/CIO and Civil Service in the
development of a skills inventory for existing
G-25 and G-27 candidates.
3.Advise OFT/CIO of any issues arising from
Consultant Insourcing Initiative.
Measures of Success
1. CIO agreement that new G-23 skills
assessment more appropriately identifies
the right candidate for the job.
2. IT and HR endorsement that the new G-18
hiring program is an improvement.
3. Agencies and colleges successfully use
Internship program.
4. Increased use of IT educational
opportunities.
5. Specific certifications are identified as
meaningful for dual track careers and skills
inventories. Framework established for
measuring significance of new certificates
proposed by IT industry.
• Stakeholders: NYS CIO/Deputy CIO’s, CIO Council Committee Chairs, NYS Agency CIO’s, Local governmental CIO’s
Purpose
Procurement
Optimize procurements to ensure the most effective implementation of technology enterprisewide for New York State.
Membership
Co-chairs – Joanne Riddett, David Walsh
Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Subject
Matter Experts (SMEs) with expertise in
procurement statutes, rules and regulations;
procurement processes, including RFPs,
RFIs; state ATP and ITP processes; and
knowledgeable about IT contracting.
Kathryn Bohacek
Leslie Brennan
Carla Chiaro
Michael Drake
Jerry Gerard
Ed Hemminger
Moses Kamya
Mary McGinty
Nancy Mulholland
Steve Spalten
Robert Vasko
2010 Activities
Measures
of Success
1.Review ATP’s to identify opportunities for
aggregate purchasing.
2.Continue to advise OGS on aggregate
purchases.
3.Initiate educational forums conducted as
information sharing between agencies on
specific topics or presentations.
4.Maintain relationship between FORUM
Procurement Committee and CIO Council
and coordinate
activities as appropriate.
2010
Priorities
1. Priority 1
2. Priority 2
3. Priority 3
2010 Work Products
1.Microsoft education session
2010
Policy/Operational Advice
Key Stakeholders
1.Make recommendation to CIO/OFT on the
role of this committee with regards to the
joint activities initiated as a result of the
MOU between CIO/OFT and OGS.
2.Provide operational advice on any
procurement related policies. Working with
the Enterprise Architecture committee,
develop a process, framework and
standards for ELA’s.
Measures of Success
1.CIO Council has the opportunity to
collaborate in ELA process.
2.CIO Council has the opportunity to
collaborate in development of procurementrelated policies/processes.
• Stakeholders: NYS CIO/Deputy CIO’s, CIO Council Committee Chairs, NYS Agency CIO’s, Local governmental CIO’s
Purpose
Enterprise Architecture
Develop and maintain an EA vision, principles, and standards for the NYS Government Enterprise
Membership
Co-chairs – Hao Wang, Adam Gigandet
Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Subject
Matter Experts (SMEs)
• Expertise for SMEs: Expertise for SMEs:
seasoned technical specialists with
expertise in infrastructure architecture, data
architecture, application, business
processes, security, and other technical
disciplines
Jack Armitage
Robert Vitello
Ted Borys
Jim Campbell
Donna Canestraro
Carlos Cardona
Daniel Chan
Bill Cross
Dennis Eccleston
Marty Goldblatt
Ralph Lake
John Norton
David Runyon
Peg Schumacher
Brian Scott
Yun Shieh
Victor Stucchi
Eric Vogel
Scott Stagnitta
Art Schloth
Joanne Riddett
Gerald McGill
Debbie Langevin
Dave Powalyk
2010 Activities
1.Convene panels of subject matter experts
(SMEs) to review solutions and architecture
and make timely recommendations to CIO
council, OCIO, and affected agencies.
2.Develop/Review proposed technical
standards for the enterprise, resulting
beneficial standardization, associated cost
savings, and increased enterprise agility
and efficiency.
3.Formulate a workgroup on Master Data
Management (MDM).
4.Identify, foster, and report on a collaborative
pilot project that reflects the best practices
of enterprise architecture.
2010 Work Products
1.New York State Enterprise Architecture
Reference Model
2.EA domain document that reflects the vision
and cluster models expressed in the New
York State CIO Strategic Plan.
3.EA Expert Registry
4.Best practice whitepaper for MDM and Data
and Information Government (DIG)
2010 Policy/Operational Advice
1.Recommendation to OCIO and CIO Council
a model for state agencies to adopt Master
Data Management Solution.
2.Recommendation to OCIO and CIO Council
an approach for data standardization and
interoperability.
Measures of Success
1.Convene panels of SMEs at least once to
review one of the most important
architectural issues selected by CIO
Council.
2.A white paper on MDM and DIG is
developed, circulated, and published.
• Stakeholders: NYS CIO/Deputy CIO’s, CIO Council Committee Chairs, NYS Agency CIO’s, Local governmental CIO’s
Purpose
Open Government, Collaboration,
and Communication Committee
Encourage the NYS government community to collaborate through the exploration of shared initiatives/services,
resources and information using inter and intra-governmental networks. Promote the same for the public through
open government initiatives and communities.
Membership
Co-chairs – Bill Travis, Kim McKinney and
Andrew Hoppin
Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Subject
Matter Experts (SMEs)
Expertise for SMEs: Public information officer
specialists with expertise in developing
communication plans and identifying
opportunities to collaborate. Recognized
leaders from government, the private
sector, non-profit organizations and
academia with expertise in the
implementation of social media, data
publishing, and open standards for public
benefit.
Jack Armitage
Ken Beam
Marguerite Beirne
Greg Benson
Meghan Cook
Steve Cumoletti
Al Dannes
Stan France
Andres Fortino
Adam Gigandet
Ed Hemminger
Nancy Mulholland
Dale Nieswiadomy
Anne Roest
Kevin Schaefer
Tom Slater
George Stanton
Ellen Stein
Tony Williams
Sylvia Wohlfahrt
2010 Activities
1. Develop and maintain Communication and
Collaboration vision, principles, and
standards for NYS Government Enterprise.
2. Identify opportunities to collaborate with
the Forum; and Promote communication
between cluster groups.
2010 Work Products
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Project Dashboard
CIO Council GroupSite
Inter-cluster Communication Plans
Framework for Shared Initiatives
Information Repository that includes the
framework, current practice research, and
other documents that are using in shared
initiatives.
6. Internal communications support for
Empire 2.0 initiatives within the CIO
Council.
2010 Policy/Operational Advice
1. Shared Services Strategy.
2. Support of Empire 2.0 Implementation
Strategy.
Measures of Success
1. Establish a baseline for utilization of social
media measuring the adoption and
expanded use. In one year, initiate the first
measurement.
2. Initiate a collaborative project between the
NYS Local Government IT Directors
Association and the NYS CIO Council to
jointly implement the CIO GroupSite as a
shared service by the end of 2010.
3. In 2010 and 2011, promote the adoption of
Shared Initiatives Strategy and Framework
by sponsoring collaborative opportunities.
• Stakeholders: NYS CIO/Deputy CIO’s, CIO Council Committee Chairs, NYS Agency CIO’s, Local governmental CIO’s
Next Steps/Ongoing Efforts
 Launch Council Website
 Discussing potential “Best Practices/Lessons
Learned” with Forum PM Committee
 Conducting monthly meetings with State
CIO’s office
 Discussing how Council can best participate
in OTA future efforts/projects