Organization Chief Information Officer, CIO

Coordinating Los Alamos Information Technology

The Office of the CIO (Chief Information Officer) orchestrates the information and technology environment across the Laboratory. The Office’s mission is to ensure consistent, effective Lab-wide information and technology management and protection by providing strategic planning, policy development, and communication.

Program/Project Overview

• Information Technology Strategy
  The IT strategy seeks to maximize the capability of IT and add business value to the institution by ensuring that our information technology directly supports the Laboratory's mission, core competencies and operational services.
• Geographic Information Systems
  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide important modeling muscle across a range of operational and technical uses at the Laboratory. GIS team are building a Lab-wide community to address key issues in GIS management, and develop the policies, procedures, repositories, and standards required to make data consistent and easy to share.
• Information Architecture (IA)
  The Information Architecture (IA) project develops the Laboratory information technology policies and standards. Requests for Comment (RFCs) gather Lab-wide input before IA guidelines and standards are finalized.
• Institutional Web (IW)
  The Institutional Web Program provides centralized coordination, tools, and templates for the corporate site to a group of distributed content owners. The site is architected to be subject- or audience-centric and standards-based. Key communicators provide dynamic, accurate information for the public on the work of the Laboratory.
• Software Engineering (ISQM)
  Institutional Software Quality Management (ISQM) applies best business practices, sound engineering judgment, and preeminent scientific principles to software engineering. ISQM provides an umbrella for activities related to software process engineering, software inventory, software grading, and development at the Lab.