On 07/05/14 16:51, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > ... Recommendation 62 b from the National Commission of Audit ... > "... chief digital officer ... private sector leader ... report > directly to the Minister for Communications." > > What's a "chief digital officer" ...
The Chief Digital Officer might look like "Lord Business" in the Lego Movie: http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_Business ;-) More seriously the Wikipedia entry for a CDO reads much like a CIO or CTO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_digital_officer New terms keep getting invented because such roles require people with technical expertise, as well as exceptional organisational ones. There are plenty more letters in the alphabet: CGO: Chief Gadget Officer. > What's a "major digital transition process" ... Not sure what a "major digital transition process" is. I could not find any use of the term before the National Commission of Audit (NCA). The closest was "digital television transition" for the switch from analogue to digital TV. I assume the NCA is referring to someone with experience implementing a major IT implementation. But I can't see any reason to limit the job to those with private sector experience. > Why report to the Minister for Communications ... The current Minister has an interest in IT and some experience. However, their department is mainly a policy one. -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
