Ontario. Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer

    Other form(s) of name

    • Office of the Corporate Chief Information and Information Technology Officer and Chief Strategist, Service Delivery

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1999-

    History

    The Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer was formed in 1999, bringing together into one division IT-related departments which had previously been separated across Management Board Secretariat. The Office reported to the Deputy Minister and Chair of Management Board.

    By 2004, the OCCIO supervised the following five branch heads: Director of Procurement Policy and IT Procurement Branch; Chief, Service Delivery; Chief Technology Officer; Chief Strategist; and Business Manager. In addition, a Chief Information Officer for each Business Cluster (i.e., group of ministries) reported to the OCCIO.

    In 2005, Management Board Secretariat ceased to exist, and the Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer became part of the new Ministry of Government Services. Also in 2005, the Corporate Chief Information Officer's title was changed to Corporate Chief Information and Information Technology Officer and Chief Strategist, Service Delivery; the old title is still in use however.

    The Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer was re-organised in 2005-2006 into the following components: Office of the Corporate Chief Delivery Officer; Office of the Corporate Chief Strategist; Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer; Chief Information and Privacy Officer; e-Ontario Program Management Office; and Corporate Security.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer (OCCIO) provides leadership in information and information technology through the Government of Ontario. This includes I & IT policy and implementation for common infrastructure, governance and accountability, identification of new technology solutions and innovations and delivery of cost-effective I & IT services, leadership development, leading the transformation to electronic government (e-Government), and development of a government-wide approach to information management.

    The Office was also responsible for coordinating the government's internal response to the Y2K issue.

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    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Management Board of Cabinet

    Identifier of related entity

    AA44

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Management Board of Cabinet controls Ontario. Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer

    Dates of relationship

    1999-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1903

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Ontario Gov't Telephone Directories, 1999-2006; KWIC Indexes, 1998-2006; OCCIO intranet site.

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities.

        Archivist(s):
        Limkilde