ICT Governance Committees
Secretaries’ ICT Governance Board (SIGB)
The Government approved new governance arrangements to oversee the implementation of the ICT Reform Agenda on 24 November 2008.
The Secretaries’ ICT Governance Board (SIGB) reports to the Expenditure Review Committee and drives the Government’s ICT Reform Agenda. It replaces the former Secretaries' Committee on ICT (SCICT).
The SIGB will be supported by the Chief Information Officer Committee, and the Chief Information Officer Forum.
The SIGB will be focused on business, not technology or technical issues, and will be empowered to set whole-of-government strategies to support the policies and vision determined by Ministers.
The SIGB comprises members at the Secretary or CEO level and is chaired by Mr David Tune, PSM, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation.
The agencies represented on the SIGB include:
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services, and Indigenous Affairs
- Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- Geoscience Australia
- Australian Taxation Office
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Chief Information Officer Committee (CIOC)
Under the direction of the SIGB, the CIOC investigates, identifies and endorses ICT issues and solutions and emerging trends to be applied at a whole-of-government level.
The CIOC is chaired by Finance and comprises Chief Information Officers (CIOs) representative of central bodies, portfolio departments and service delivery agencies.
The agencies represented on CIOC include:
- Department of Finance and Deregulation
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- Australian Taxation Office
- Centrelink
- Department of Defence
- Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations
- Department of Innovation, Industry, Science & Research
- Department of Human Services
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- AusTrade
- Attorney-General’s Department
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
Cross Jurisdictional Chief Information Officers' Committee (CJCIOC)
The Cross Jurisdictional Chief Information Officers' Committee (CJCIOC), reports to the Online and Communications Council (OCC) [
] and addresses e-government issues which span jurisdictional boundaries. The CJCIOC provides leadership to all areas of government on implementing national strategic approaches to ICT across government.
Under the Connected Government theme, federal, state, territory and local governments collaborate on simple, convenient approaches for citizens and business to interact with government. This occurs through formalising frameworks and strategies to improve government service delivery and business processes.
Membership of the CJCIOC includes CIOs or equivalent from each state and territory government, and a representative of the Australian Local Government Association. New Zealand has observer status. The CJCIOC is chaired by the Australian Government CIO.
CJCIOC Terms of Reference – (these Terms of Reference are under review as the OCC will be disbanded in June 2011).
Chief Information Officer Forum (CIOF)
The Chief Information Officer Forum (CIOF) is a consultation and information sharing forum consisting of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of smaller agencies not represented on the CIOC. It provides advice to the CIOC and the SIGB.
Contact for information on this page: sigb@finance.gov.au