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Carnegie Mellon's CIO Institute Announces 2004 Federal CIO Certificate Schedule.


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PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2003

Carnegie Mellon University's CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.


(Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization.
 Institute (CIOI) today announced the 2004 course schedule for its Federal CIO Certificate program.

"We're excited about the 2004 schedule because we've expanded our roster of instructors, therefore bringing new expertise to our course content," Bill Ferguson
For other people named William Ferguson, see William Ferguson
William Henry Ferguson (1880 - September 22, 1957), is the one of the best known cricket scorers.
, executive director of the CIO Institute said. "In addition, participants can complete the program in just one year, making it a convenient way for busy IT professionals to obtain the certificate."

The CIOI program consists of eight courses developed by CIO's and taught by instructors who are business leaders or esteemed es·teem  
tr.v. es·teemed, es·teem·ing, es·teems
1. To regard with respect; prize. See Synonyms at appreciate.

2. To regard as; consider: esteemed it an honor to help them.
 faculty from degree programs at Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). .

"Our curriculum is very different from other CIO certificate programs," Ferguson said. "Our content delves Delves is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the south of Consett.  deeper into the business and operational areas for which CIO's are responsible; our participants are seasoned executives with an average of 19 years' experience; and our learning environment is interactive, allowing participants to connect with their peers and learn from each other."

CIOI participants also enjoy greater flexibility. Once enrolled, professionals can take courses in any order, at any time.

"We understand how busy IT professionals are," Ferguson added. "As a result, our program is designed to be completed at the participant's own pace - be it one year or three years."

Enrollment information, course descriptions and tuition For tuition fees in the United Kingdom, see .

Tuition means instruction, teaching or a fee charged for educational instruction especially at a formal institution of learning or by a private tutor usually in the form of one-to-one tuition.
 costs can be obtained at http://cioi.web.cmu.edu/ or by calling 412-268-4656. Tuition and referral discounts are available to individuals, government agencies, corporations and other organizations.

Following is the 2004 Federal CIO Certificate course schedule.

-- Leadership (January 26-29)

-- E-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers.  and E-government (February 23-26)

-- Process & Performance Management (March 29-April 1)

-- Key Technologies (April 26-29)

-- Strategy and Planning (May 17-20)

-- IT Acquisition and Program Management (July 19-22)

-- IT Management (September 20-23)

-- Information Assurance (November 15-18)

About The CIO Institute

Carnegie Mellon's Chief Information Officer Institute is a leading source of continuing education continuing education: see adult education.
continuing education
 or adult education

Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904).
 for CIO's and senior IT professionals. The Institute provides concentrated professional education programs created by Carnegie Mellon's world class faculty and other top business leaders. The Institute offers certificate programs and executive education courses on a variety of topics and allows Federal CIO Certificate participants to earn credits toward select Carnegie Mellon University master degrees. For more information, visit http://cioi.web.cmu.edu/ or call 412-268-4656.
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