Need help with memo to hire CIO.

[Winchester]

The City Manager (200,000 population) has asked me to serve on a committee that is investigating the possibility of hiring a CIO. Currently, the area has an IT department with a director, but the management of information technology is decentralized with each of the 8 major departments taking care of its own needs. The committee believes that a CIO is a good idea and they have asked me to write the memo to the CM (city manager). The memo needs to recommend the hiring of a CIO. The memo should explain the decision, provide a list of primary job responsibilities, and suggest where the CIO will be in the city?s organizational chart. The memo should be balanced by noting potential problems associated with a CIO having responsibility for information technology and how that will likely affect the current management of IT in the city.

Any help would be appreciated. I have already googled and researched this drastically. I really need help on the bolded part.

Thanks

 

[vi edit]

So, how would the position differ from the current IT director? Sounds like uncessary fluff to me.

But I'm just an innocent bystander trying to make a suggestion based upon a couple sentences.

 

[FoBoT]

you need to talk to my uncle, he was a mayor of town in colorado for a while and he is a retired IT manager and he likes to talk/give advice

 

[Winchester]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
So, how would the position differ from the current IT director? Sounds like uncessary fluff to me.

But I'm just an innocent bystander trying to make a suggestion based upon a couple sentences.

I think the position will take over the director position.

Originally posted by: FoBoT
you need to talk to my uncle, he was a mayor of town in colorado for a while and he is a retired IT manager and he likes to talk/give advice

Can you please forward this to him? I would appreciate any advice. They would like the memo by 5PM today. :Q
Thanks

 

[Winchester]

I have found some more stuff, but I would like others opinions as well.

 

[Winchester]

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