The Federal Chief

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The Federal Chief Information Officer
Twelfth Annual Top Ten Challenges
Survey A Resource Paper Produced by
the Association for Federal
Information Resources Management December 2007
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Survey Responses

• Twelfth year for the AFFIRM CIO Survey
• The response has been one of the biggest since
  the inception of the survey in 1996.

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1. Based upon your IT workforce, where are the
skills/knowledge gaps (more skills needed)?
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2. In light of special question 1, is the skills
gap being closed in your agency?
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3. Based on your experiences in your
department/agency, has there been significant
progress made on OMBs Lines of Business
initiatives?
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4. What effects do you believe the hostilities in
Iraq/Afghanistan and recovering from natural
disasters will have on your IT budget?
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5. Has the IT infrastructure that supports your
department/agencys mission become
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Top Ten Challenges
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Top Ten Technologies/Solutions
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• Report Conclusion

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Committee Co-Chairs and Working Group
Mark Day Robert Golas Lawrence Gross Michael
Lisagor Gregory Parham S. Diane Akers Art
Chantker Steve Hufford
McDonald Bradley Consultant Department of
the Treasury Celerity Works Department of
Agriculture Consultant Potomac Forum,
Ltd. Environmental Protection Agency
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AFFIRM thanks its Sustaining Partners for their
support of the Emerging Issues Forum and other
AFFIRM events throughout the year.