The CIO wouldn’t have policymaking authority per se , but he or she should sit high in the government – ideally with little bureaucratic encumbrance. The CIO would not have a fiefdom and would not compete for power or turf with other senior officials, but would simply remind the president or other people of the role of information every time it was appropriate.
首席信息官本身并不具备制定政策的权力，但是他或她在政府中应该被摆在很高的地位，最好不要面对太多官僚机构的障碍。首席信息官没有自己的领地，也不会去与其他高官争权夺势，而只是在恰当的时候提醒总统或者其他人信息的重要性。