Fed 100 nomination: Navy CIO Robert Carey
I mentioned earlier that I have been posting my nominations for Federal Computer Week’s Fed 100 awards.
I noted earlier that I was going to make — and post — a number of nominations for Federal Computer Week’s Fed 100 awards. Earlier, I posted about EPA’s Jeremy Ames. Now — Robert Carey, the Navy Department’s chief information officer.
Describe this person’s job
Carey is the chief information officer for the Department of the NavyDescribe the work for which this person is being nominated
Carey has won several Fed 100 awards, including being selected last year. But Carey has once again been a leader in the past 12 months, particularly in the areas of Web 2.0. In January 2008, Carey was the firstCIO to host a public blog, which he has used to reach out to the Navy Department community generally — but also the community generally on subjects ranging from information security to trust to privacy. But beyond that, Carey was also the firstCIO to issue a policy enabling the Navy to use Web 2.0.What impact did this work have on the person’s organization or the larger federal IT community?
The Navy Web 2.0 policy has been widely seen as a potential model for other agencies particularly because it focuses on enabling Web 2.0 rather then limiting it. And Carey’s blog has inspired otherCIOs — and there are several CIO bloggers now.In what way did the nominee go above and beyond their job description?
Both the blog and the Web 2.0 policy are firsts among the CIO community.If needed, provide any additional background information to support this nomination
Navy CIO blog:
http://www.doncio.navy.mil/blog.aspx
The Navy Web 2.0 blog can be found here:
http://dorobekinsider.com/2008/11/04/hear-the-navy-cio-talk-about-the-navys-web-20-policy/
There is also a link here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9616910/Navy-Web-20-policy-Utilizing-New-Web-Tools-
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