North Carolina CGCIO

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After 20 successful years of offering the Certified Government Chief Information Officers’ (CGCIO) program to elevate IT leadership across NC and beyond, we are taking a pause to review the curriculum, upgrade the content, and assess the various ways we can most effectively deliver the CGCIO program to IT leaders. We anticipate the program application process will resume in early 2027 with a new cohort joining us starting August 2027. In the interim, we have several excellent courses that we suggest you consider.

For individuals interested in the CGCIO program but have less than 5 years of supervisory/management experience, we recommend attending this program: https://www.sog.unc.edu/courses/fundamental-supervisory-practices. Note: In the “updated” version of the CGCIO program, we will require all students to have demonstrated management/supervisory experience prior to being admitted to the program.

If you are new to local government and would like to learn the basics of the laws that apply to municipalities and counties, please consider taking Local Government Fundamentals: https://www.sog.unc.edu/courses/local-government-fundamentals-1

For personal leadership development training, Leading for Results is a stellar option for CGCIO applicants and graduates: https://www.sog.unc.edu/courses/leading-results-civic-fellows

The flagship course for all things related to Municipal and County Government is the SOG’s MCA program, and we encourage all interested parties to consider this course: https://www.sog.unc.edu/courses/municipal-and-county-administration

There currently are no scheduled offerings of this course.

North Carolina Local Government Informations System Association (NCLGISA) Scholarship

Click HERE for information on applying for a NCLGISA scholarship. Note you must be or become a member to access the application.

Civic Local Foundation Scholarship

Civic Local Foundation offers scholarships to local government employees who are members of Civic Federal Credit Union or Local Government Federal Credit Union. Scholarships can be applied toward tuition for the School’s conferences, classes, and seminars.

Through this commitment, the Foundation dedicates scholarship funds annually to credit union members to offset the cost of attending various trainings from the School.

There are four deadlines to submit applications:

March 1 (for courses starting between April 1 and June 30)
June 1 (for courses starting between July 1 and September 30)
September 1 (for courses starting between October 1 and December 31)
December 1 (for courses starting between January 1 and March 31)

To get more information or to apply, visit the Civic Federal Credit Union (https://civicfcu.org/unc-sog-scholarship) or the Local Government Federal Credit Union (https://www.lgfcu.org/benefits-and-services/scholarships/unc-school-of-government-scholarship) scholarship website.

All course materials and other logistical details are provided in Canvas, a learning management system. Please click the link below for detailed instructions on setting up your Canvas account. If you've already set up an account for this or another School of Government course, click HERE to log in to Canvas. Click HERE for Canvas Instructions.

For all registration questions, resetting passwords, or login issues please contact:

Dale Zuckert

Assistant Registrar

919.966.4414

registration@sog.unc.edu

For questions regarding course details, including location, schedule, materials, and continuing education credits, please contact:

Clare Kilmartin

Program Manager, Law and Finance Group

cekilmar@sog.unc.edu

Lead Faculty

Shannon H. Tufts

Professor of Public Administration and Government; Director, Center for Public Technology

tufts@unc.edu