The challenge of being CIO for the entire UK government

The role of chief information officer can be wide ranging covering many areas and departments in a large company. Andy Nelson has just taken over as the CIO for the whole of the UK government as well as maintaining his previous role of CIO for the Ministry of Justice. In an interview with Computer Weekly magazine, he talks about the challenges of both roles and luckily how there is a lot of overlap between them. The government’s key priorities are implementing ‘core infrastructure strands… the cloud, Public Services Network (PSN), data centre consolidation and end user device piece.’ Nelson believes these are the areas that will reduce costs. The detailed interview also covers leadership strategy, IT procurement and legislative issues. For more about how the man at the top sees the future of IT in a whole range of government departments, read the whole article at http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240149128/CIO-interview-Andy-Nelson-government-IT-head