Chief Information Officer (CIO) Program
The NDU iCollege CIO Program is the recognized leader in graduate education for Federal CIO leaders and agency personnel. It directly aligns with the Federal CIO Council-defined CIO competencies and addresses the Clinger-Cohen Act and other relevant legislation mandates as well as the current administration’s interpretations and implementations of these legislative actions. Successful CIO graduates will be able to:
- Lead within and across federal organizational boundaries by leveraging information, information technology, human, and financial resources to link critical decisions regarding resources, people, processes, and technologies to mission performance and information assurance
- Balance continuity and change in the development, implementation, and evaluation of government information resources, management strategies and policies while meeting legislative and executive mandates
- Build viable networks across defense, federal, global, and private sector partners
Courses in each competency are designated as “core” because of their breadth and necessary links to the CIO competency, or as “specialty” because of their depth in a particular competency. Students work with their supervisors and the College’s Academic Advisor to tailor their program to fit their professional and/or organizational needs within the guidelines set by the CIO Council.
Certificate Requirements - 8 Courses Required
| Key Competency Area | Course | Course Title |
| Core (3) | ||
| Policy | CIO | CIO 2.0 Roles and Responsibilities |
| Performance Assessment | MOP | Measuring Results of Organizational Performance |
| Information Security and Information Management | AII (or) ESS | Information Assurance & Critical Infrastructure Protection Enterprise Information Security and Risk Management |
| Electives (Select 5 courses, each from a different competency) | ||
| Acquisition | ITA | Strategic Information Technology Acquisition |
| SAL | Software Acquisition Leadership | |
| Architecture and Infrastructures | ARC | Enterprise Architectures for Leaders |
| DMS | Data Management Strategies and Technologies | |
| Capital planning and Investment | BBC | Building an Information Technology Business Case |
| PFM | Capital Planning and Portfolio Management | |
| eGovernment/eBusiness | GIC | Governance in Cyberspace |
| WGV | Web-Enabled Government | |
| Leadership | DMG | Decision Making for Government Leaders |
| LDC | Leadership in the Information Age | |
| SLP | Strategic Leader Program (AMP students only) | |
| Process Improvement | COO | Continuity of Operations |
| PRI | Strategies for Process Improvement | |
| Project Management | ITP | Information Technology Project Management |
| Strategic Planning | ESP | Enterprise Strategic Planning |
| IWS | Information, Warfare, and Military Strategy (Secret) | |
| Technology Assessment | CST | Critical Information Systems Technologies |
| GEN | Global Enterprise Networking and Telecommunications | |
| Cyber Security | SPA | Privacy Rights and Civil Liberties |
| SEC | Cyber Security for Information Leaders | |
Government Information Leadership (GIL) MS Degree
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Concentration - 13 Courses Required
| Key Competency Area | Course | Course Title |
| Foundational (3) | ||
| GLS | Global Strategic Landscape | |
| OCL | Organizational Culture for Strategic Leaders | |
| CAP | Capstone Course | |
| Leadership (2) | ||
| Leadership/Management | DMG (or) LCW (or) LDC (or) SLP | Decisions Making for Government Leaders (or) Leading the 21st Century Workforce (or) Leadership in the Information Age (or) Strategic Leader Program (AMP students only) |
| Process Change Management | MAC | Multi-Agency Information-Enabled Collaboration |
| Enterprise Architecture | ARC | Enterprise Architectures for Leaders |
| Management (2) | ||
| Process Change Management | COO (or) PRI | Continuity of Operations (or) Strategies for Process Improvement |
| Information Resources Strategy and Planning | ESP | Enterprise Strategic Planning |
| IT Project/Program Management | ITP | Information Technology Project Management |
| Acquisition | ITA | Strategic Information Technology Acquisition |
| Technology (2) | ||
| E-Government | GIC | Governance in Cyberspace |
| WGV | Web-Enabled Government | |
| Enterprise Architecture | DMS | Data Management Strategies and Technologies |
| Technology Management and Assessment | CST (or) EIT (or) GEN | Critical Information Systems Technologies (or) Emerging Information Technologies (or) Global Enterprise Networking and Telecommunications |
| General Technology | CIP | Critical Information Infrastructure Protection |
| Core (4) | ||
| Policy and Organization | CIO | CIO 2.0 Roles and Responsibilities (Required) |
| IT Assessment | MOP | Measuring Results of Organizational Performance (Required) |
| Information Security and Information Assurance | AII (or) ESS | Information Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection (Required) (or) Enterprise Information Security and Risk Management (Required) |
| Capital Planning and Investment Control | BBC (or) PFM | Building an Information Technology Business Case (or) Capital Planning and Portfolio Management |
| Cyber Security | SEC (or) SPA | Cyber Security for Information Leaders (or) Privacy Rights and Civil Liberties |
Students may apply their certificates, equivalent to at least 15 graduate-level credit hours, toward select master’s or doctoral degree programs at several partner institutions of higher education. See the Academic Partner page in this catalog or the iCollege website at http://www.ndu.edu/iCollege for additional information.
