[kictanet] ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS

[S.M. Muraya]

Doubt Treasury economists and accountants are well placed to provide Cyber
Security :)

We need the ICT Authority to configure enterprise wide data protection
(limiting theft of passwords & access to IFMIS).

In 2016, the UN ranked the UK as # 1 in providing digital services.

https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2016

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is part of their Cabinet Office, not
their Treasury.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/govuk-pay/govuk-pay

Their Treasury is consulted about the payment system  👆🏾  the GDS
continues to build.




SMM

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who takes a city." Prov 16:32*

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 9:45 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> I fundamentally disagree with this assertion.
>
> First,y, the role of a CIO is to support the enterprise. I have never
> heard in my life of an ERP Director. This is just adding a superfluous
> layer of useless bureaucracy.
>
> The owner of an ERP is the business with each department taking ownership
> of their components:-
>
> 1. Financials - CFO
> 2. CRM (Commercial/marketing/sales)
> 3. Procurement - Procurement which sometimes comes under Finance
>
> Etc.
>
> The CIO takes ownership to ensure that the company is well oiled to
> execute on its mandate. This in my humble opinion goes beyond ERPs and
> talks to aligning the Technology Strategy with the Business Strategy. For
> example in the banking sector where increasingly the more savvy banks are
> taking a 'Platform Thinking' approach. This allows partners to plug into
> their core technology through APIs to enable them extend capabilities and
> hence offerings to their customers.
>
> The role of a CIO has fundamentally changed to speak to the need for using
> Technology as an accelerator to successful business models.
>
> Secondly, I don't see how the ICT Authority would be better in managing
> the monster that is IFMIS. Let them first learn the basics of communicating
> effectively with the community before taking on this elephant in the room.
>
> *Ali Hussein*
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>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 17 Jan 2017, at 6:42 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Interesting comments...
>
> ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS
>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-
> 3520560-5j04aq/index.html
>
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