2-68-030 Chief Information Officer - Powers and duties.
The Chief Information Officer shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) To oversee the City’s information technology environment, including, but not limited to, enterprise applications, digital services, end-user tools, security, data, and hardware infrastructure;
(2) To formulate and implement the City’s information technology strategy, ensuring a unified and centralized approach for technology governance and decision-making;
(3) To improve the City’s capacity for innovation through better design and evaluation of programs and services;
(4) To assess the City’s data and technology requirements;
(5) To advise the Mayor and City departments on the effective use of data and information technology;
(6) To review and approve requests from City departments and agencies for the procurement of data and technology goods and services; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to the procurement of such goods or services required by the City Council or any of its committees;
(7) To train and assist City departments and agencies in the use of data and information technology;
(8) To operate the City’s technology infrastructure for the efficient maintenance of municipal records;
(9) To contract with information technology companies, at the request of the Mayor’s Office or a using department or agency of City government, for the testing and pilot application of hardware, software, peripherals, technology services or any combination thereof, in order to determine suitability for use by the requesting department or agency. Contracts for this purpose may be for products or services that are experimental, under development, not yet marketed, or adapted for use by the requesting department or agency. Such contracts shall be subject to approval by the Corporation Counsel as to form and legality and by the Budget Director as to funding;
(10) To participate with the Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Park District, Chicago Housing Authority, Community College District Number 508, Chicago Transit Authority and other governmental agencies in jointly procuring, awarding, executing and purchasing under contracts, and purchasing under contracts already validly entered into by such agencies for computer systems, technology services, computer hardware and software, peripherals and related equipment and services to reduce costs and increase benefits to the participating agencies. Such agreements shall be subject to approval of the: (i) Chief Procurement Officer, (ii) Corporation Counsel as to form and legality, and (iii) governing body of the participating agencies, either by specific action or by delegation;
(11) To enter into agreements with other government entities regarding shared use of communications and other data transmission infrastructure. Any such agreement shall comply with applicable federal or state restrictions or limitations on shared use;
(12) To enter into agreements with the Illinois Secretary of State in order to access, use or share data necessary or useful to carrying out City functions. The Commissioner may enter into such agreements, which may include provisions providing indemnification, directly or through a designee. Such designee may include a designee of another City department if the information at issue directly impacts that department. The Commissioner is further authorized to execute such other instruments and to perform such acts, including the expenditure of funds subject to appropriation therefor, as shall be necessary or advisable in connection with the implementation of such agreements, including any renewals thereto;
(13) To enter into agreements regarding: (i) access to, or use or sharing of City or third-party data, (ii) cooperative development and ownership of intellectual property, or (iii) incorporating City data or other intellectual property into cooperative work created pursuant to an agreement authorized under this subsection. Any agreement authorized under this subsection shall not include the expenditure of City funds, but may include provisions providing indemnification. The Commissioner shall provide a quarterly written report to the Chairman of the City Council Committee on the Budget and Government Operations summarizing, and attaching the text of, any agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection for the preceding calendar quarter;
(14) To enter into agreements to make City applications available for download on digital application distribution platforms. The Commissioner may enter into such agreements, which may include terms as are useful, customary and appropriate for such agreements in the industry, including but not limited to indemnification of such platforms. Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the contrary, any contracts entered into pursuant to this subsection shall be solely on such terms and conditions as are acceptable to the Commissioner. Such agreements shall be subject to approval of the Corporation Counsel as to form and legality;
(15) When there is need for an incident response, to enter into agreements with outside consultants to provide cybersecurity, digital forensics, and other incident response services. Such agreements shall be subject to approval of the Corporation Counsel as to form and legality and subject to the availability of appropriated funds;
(16) To enter into intergovernmental agreements to improve the City’s cybersecurity;
(17) To do any and all other acts which may be necessary for the implementation of other powers conferred on the Chief Information Officer and Department of Technology and Innovation under this Code; and
(18) To promulgate rules necessary or appropriate to implement this Chapter and other powers conferred on the Chief Information Officer and Department Technology and Innovation under this Code.
(Added Coun. J. 11-15-23, p. 6542, Art. I, § 7)
