The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) recently established a new technical committee on Corporate Governance of IT.  The new technical committee, INCITS/CGIT1, will serve as the US TAG to ISO/IEC JTC 1/WG 6 Corporate Governance of IT.  The INCITS/CGIT1 area of work will address standardization in the areas assigned to JTC 1/WG 6 which currently include:

·         ISO/IEC 38500:2008 - Corporate governance of information technology

·         Development of guidelines associated with ISO/IEC 38500

 

JTC 1/WG 6 passed resolutions at the May 2009 formation meeting recommending the transfer of the following JTC 1/SC 7 projects to WG 6:

 

·       ISO/IEC NP 29151 – Software and System Engineering –- Corporate Governance of Information Technology

·         ISO/IEC NP 29184 – Information Technology –- Corporate Governance of IT Implementation Guide

 

The organizational meeting of INCITS/CGIT1 – Corporate Governance of IT, was held September 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The second and third INCITS/CGIT1 meetings will be held by teleconference:

 

October 27, 2009 - 2:00 PM - 4: 00 PM (Eastern)

November 19, 2009 - 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Eastern)

Membership in INCITS/CGIT1 is open to all directly and materially affected parties in accordance with the INCITS membership rules.  To find out more about attending the organizational meeting of INCITS/CGIT1, please contact Ms. Jennifer Garner at jgarner@itic.org or 202-626-5737.