OCSIT International Collaboration
OCSIT's Global Government Innovation Networks helps governments around the world interact more effectively by bringing government officials together to share best practices in government administration, particularly information technology. We encourage international governments to share experiences, insights, and ideas with their peers and to collaborate on intergovernmental projects to help governments better serve their citizens.
Global Government Innovation Networks has been at the heart of many international communities since the mid-1990s, becoming a trusted catalyst for open-minded exploration of innovations in government. We have long-standing relationships with senior government leaders in IT and public works agencies across the globe. We coordinate U.S. participation in:
- 5-Nations CIO Council, the national CIOs from the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which meets quarterly by videoconference or face-to-face. The council recently shared information on identity management and provided input for the White House IT Management Reform Recommendations.
- North American Day, an annual meeting of senior government IT officials from Mexico, Canada and the United States. Under a formal MOU on trilateral collaboration on IT, the group set up a framework for groundbreaking international information-sharing on public health issues, identity management, open data, and other cross-border projects.
- International Council for IT in Government Administration (ICA), the premiere international group of senior government IT officials from 25 countries. OCSIT is an active participant in ICA projects.
- U.S.-Canada Bilateral Meetings, where the leaders of GSA and its Canadian government counterpart have met since 2003 to compare notes. A 2003 agreement calls for the two sets of leaders to collaborate on ongoing public-service issues and meet face-to-face every other year.
