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Richard Steel, the incoming president of the Society of Information Management (Socitm), wants the public sector IT managers group to be more open, transparent, and engage more effectively with its membership.
Steel, CIO of the London Borough of Newham, takes over from current Socitm president Rose Crozier this month.
He said Socitm needs to change with the IT profession. New challenges, such as the lack of public trust in government and the rise of social networking, have arisen and more robust responses from an organisation representing IT in local government is needed.
Steel said Socitm wants to attract IT professionals from across the public sector, and all IT council staff, as well as the traditional membership of local authority IT managers. A new membership model will be announced at...