Henry Gibson, bank secrecy act compliance officer with the US Postal Service, said: "Departments are very territorial, internally, and with other law enforcement agencies. US government departments are stalling the roll-out of data-sharing systems...
Many internet retailers even stated on their websites that they did not have to comply with the Jenkins Act - with 16 per cent citing their Native American status, the Internet Tax Freedom Act and other laws as reasons for not complying.
CIOs will have to perform a very hard double act. Even after the dot-com disaster and Y2K panic, when many CIOs feel their reputation is at a very low ebb, they will have to go on a tactical, PR offensive.
Analysts presenting a session at Gartner's annual symposium entitled "The New CIO Leader: Imperatives for the Future" listed credibility as the top requirement for "new breed" CIOs wanting to properly lead and manage their information system (IS...
Want further insight into the thoughts of leading CIOs? Business: CIOs need business acumen both in understanding what their operations do and what they need to achieve to be successful but also in the language of business and finance.
In November last year, Gartner said CIOs should prepare two IT budgets for 2008 due to the economic uncertainty. The first budget would assume a continuation of the status quo, while a second would act as a back-up in case of a business slowdown.