Agenda item

Report of the Chamberlain.

Members considered an update report of the Chamberlain on the IT Division and the following points were made.

·         The IT Director noted there was continued good progress in IT Transformation, with recent issues around hardware LAN procurement and LAN design and support. Overall service performance was considered good.

·         The IT Director placed on record his thanks to Agilysys for its support to the City of London Corporation when responding to both the recent Westminster and Manchester terror attacks.

·         The Town Clerk agreed to circulate the date [27/28 June] to Members [Sean Green to clarify]

·         The Chairman noted that the Sub Committee had requested a joint report of the Chamberlain and the City Surveyor regarding remediation responsibilities, but that the provision to Members of a memorandum of understanding between the two departments would suffice instead.

·         In response to a question regarding Socitm Advisory, the IT Director noted that an interim report had been provided to the City of London Corporation. As a result of the report recommendations, a refreshed IT Division Operating Model would be implemented at the end of June 2017. Whilst Socitm Advisory recognised the complexity of the City of London, some recommendations on governance best practice had been put forward which were being reviewed by officer.

·         The IT Director agreed to circulate the Socitm Advisory interim report to Members outside of the meeting.

·         In response to a request the IT Director agreed to provide a one page dashboard detailing Risk Actions.

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