Recertification serves the following purposes:

• Helps individuals remain current on trends in leadership, business, public service, and technology;
• Enables better service within public sector organizations and to the communities they serve;
• Gives technology leaders the skills needed to take part at the executive table;
• Improves quality of work and relationships between technology departments and other departments;
• Raises the professionalism of the technology industry;
• Provides opportunities among peers for sharing knowledge, experiences, and best practices; and
• Encourages technology leaders to reach beyond the normal areas of service and seek ways to creatively collaborate.

To maintain the CGCIO™ certification, participants are required to complete 120 professional development hours every three years following the date of graduation. At least forty of those hours must be from leadership-focused work as determined by the program administrator through documentation submitted by the participant.