Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) Plan

Supporting Workstreams

The OCIO will be providing government with analysis and decision support related to IM/IT investment decisions.

This is about strengthening the IM/IT project approval process and will outline the processes and governance framework to aid government in its selection, management and evaluation of IM/IT investments.

The OCIO is leading the development of IM/IT standards, focused on key enterprise IT components.

This is about developing the capacity and implementing what is necessary to enable the connection of government systems and includes the technical standards, architecture, best practices, or guidelines and helping ministries implement systems that can connect with other systems. Connected Systems is also about providing the design, structure and rules that ensure systems can interconnect, information can be accessed and duplication is avoided, while maintaining and protecting privacy and security.

The OCIO is developing strategies and approaches to enhance secure information sharing and privacy protection.

This is about getting the right information to the right people at the right time and helping people improve business to better serve citizens and about making citizens’ lives better because of that information while maintaining and protecting privacy and security. This initiative is about developing a standardized policy and practice framework and strategy to promote and enhance the sharing and use of data and information between B.C. government ministries and agencies to support improved decision-making, policy and program development and collaboration resulting in better outcomes, programs and services for citizens.

The OCIO is building research, evaluation and policy support capacity within ministries and across government.

This is about evidence based policy, research and evaluation and the ability to share information while maintaining and protecting privacy and security. If information was not bound by ministry silos and government could more easily access and use it for research, the quality of policy making across government could be improved.

Government’s IM/IT plan is ambitious and will only be achieved with a collaborative approach.

This is about engaging the Broader Public Sector (BPS) and about working collaboratively with the BPS to build infrastructure and deliver services either together or by taking advantage of shared components, to the benefit of government, the broader public sector and citizens of British Columbia. This will involve leveraging common infrastructure, connectivity, technology and intellectual capital to facilitate service delivery and information sharing.