NVTC, ITAA Praise Plans for Stronger DHS CIO
Arlington, VA - March 15, 2007 - The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) and the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today issued the following joint statement praising plans to strengthen the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announcement the plans at a breakfast meeting today hosted by NVTC and ITAA.A stronger CIO means stronger homeland security. ITAA and NVTC applaud the decision to centralize IT financing, planning and hiring authority under DHS CIO Scott Charbo. With this move, DHS has adopted a model commonly used by commercial companies. The result should be better planning, fewer redundant investments, and more powerful, enterprise-wide capabilities to strengthen homeland security and improve efficiency.
The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) provides global public policy, business networking, and national leadership to promote the continued rapid growth of the IT industry. ITAA consists of approximately 325 corporate members throughout the U.S., and is secretariat of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance, a global network of 67 countries' IT associations. The Association plays the leading role in issues of IT industry concern including information security, taxes and finance policy, digital intellectual property protection, telecommunications competition, workforce and education, immigration, online privacy and consumer protection, government IT procurement, human resources and e-commerce policy. ITAA members range from the smallest IT start-ups to industry leaders in the Internet, software, IT services, digital content, systems integration, telecommunications, and enterprise solution fields. For more information visit www.itaa.org.
The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) is the membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia and is the largest technology council in the nation. NVTC has about 1,100 member companies employing more than 188,000 employees. Its membership includes companies from all sectors of the technology industry and the service providers that support these companies, as well as universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies. NVTC is recognized as the nation's leader in providing its technology community with networking and educational events, specialized services and benefits, public policy advocacy, branding of its region as a major global technology center, initiatives in targeted business sectors and in the international, entrepreneurship, workforce and education arenas, the Equal Footing Foundation that focuses on venture philanthropy and public/private partnerships, and The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC to mentor new technology entrepreneurs. Visit NVTC at www.nvtc.org.
