Office of the Corporate Chief Information and Information Technology Officer and Chief Strategist, Service Delivery

The Office of the Corporate CIO provides corporate leadership for Information Management and Information Technology (I&IT) in the Ontario government.

• Corporate Chief Information and Information Technology Officer - David Nicholl
• Organizational Chart - July 2008 (Text Description)

This office works with the eight clusters to ensure that I&IT:

• is aligned with the government's business directions
• advances the government's business vision
• supports flexible, responsive, innovative public service
• enables the Ontario government to do business differently
• helps make Ontario the best place to live, work and do business.

• The Office of the Corporate Chief Information and Information Technology Officer and Chief Strategist, Service Delivery
• The Office of the Corporate Chief Strategist
• The Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer
• Infrastructure Technology Services
• Corporate Security Branch

The Business Planning and Management Reporting Unit within the Office of the Corporate CIO, supports business planning and management reporting and translates strategic business directions into operational plans for the OCCIO.

Office of the Corporate Chief Strategist

• The Office of the Corporate Chief Strategist provides leadership in developing enterprise-wide strategies, policies and standards and plans for e-government linked to government business directions.

• The Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer (OCCTO) provides enterprise leadership in the provision of I&IT Architecture planning, enhanced quality assurance (QA), QA processes, technology planning and adoption and management. The office also ensures specifications of critical I&IT standards are developed in an integrated manner.

• Infrastructure Technology Services manages and delivers I&IT common infrastructure and telecommunications products and services, supporting mission and business critical applications across the OPS.

• The mandate of the Corporate Security Branch is to protect and secure the government’s information and information technology infrastructure.

Eight I&IT Clusters 

Land and Resources I&IT Cluster (LRC)

• The LRC provides Information and Information Technology support to four ministries:
  • Aboriginal Affairs (MAA)
  • Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
  • Environment (MOE)
  • Natural Resources (MNR)
  • Northern Development and Mines (MNDM)

• The CAC provides Information and Information Technology support to the central organizations of Cabinet Office (CAB), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Ministry of Revenue (MOR) and Public Infrastructure Renewal (PIR).

• The CSC is responsible for the provision of I&IT services to several ministries and related agencies including:
  • Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
  • Ministry of Culture
  • Ministry of Education
  • Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
  • Ministry of Tourism
  • Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
  • Ontario Seniors' Secretariat
  • Ontario Women's Directorate

Health Services I&IT Cluster (HSC)

• The HSC provides services to the ministries of Health and Health Promotion.

• The CYSSC provides services to the ministries of Community and Social Services and Children and Youth Services and the Office of Francophone Affairs.

• The two clusters of Economics and Business (EBC) and Transportation (TC) are now one cluster as a result of realignment.
• The cluster provides services to the Ministries of Labour, Economic Development & Trade, Research & Innovation, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Transportation and Energy.

• JTS is the IT cluster responsible for providing IT services to the Justice Enterprise. The Ministry of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services form the majority of the Justice Enterprise in the Province of Ontario.

• The new Government Services Delivery Cluster is responsible for providing IT services to the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services.