A task force assigned to make Hawaii’s state government more efficient and increase productivity has released a report recommending various information technology and procurement reforms, as well as the establishment of a senior chief information officer.
The $787 billion funding streams created as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in 2009 will end in 2012. Accenture’s Mark Howard discusses what programs and practices will last far beyond the two-year ARRA life cycle. From transparency measures to econometric forecasting, federal reporting mandates and increased grants competition has ushered a [...]
Last week, the New York State Chief Information Officer and Office for Technology (CIO/OFT) joined over 200 industry officials in a session to discuss how the state could leverage emerging strategies in cloud computing. New York joins a growing choir of states, from Michigan to California, who are examining the benefits of delivering hosted IT [...]
During a forum held at the Brookings Institution yesterday in Washington, D.C. Microsoft senior vice president and general council, Brad Smith, proposed federal legislation meant to address the emerging practice of computing over the Internet, also known as cloud computing. Smith and other forum participants stressed the need to raise privacy and security issues associated [...]
In 2004, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the California Performance Review, which included a section called State Operations #10 that officially unlocked the door for open source software (OSS) for state agency use. Although some agencies had been proponents of open source since the mid-nineties, the state wanted to reaffirm its use. So last week, California’s [...]
The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) recognized fifty-two local governments this week for their performance measurement and management practices.
Arizona's Information Technology department (GITA) has overhauled its website by incorporating social media and reorganizing information for increased service and transparency.
According to John D. Conley, Deputy State Chief Information Officer for the Governor's Office of Information Technology, a recent solicitation for an interim director of the Colorado Benefits Management System is the beginning phase of a larger overhaul.
In the state of Colorado, Governor Bill Ritter and his Economic Recovery Team are working to make sure stimulus dollars are spent wisely and with full transparency. Some states are waiting for the technical specifications to be issued by the Office of Management and Budget. But Colorado is trying to be proactive.
The Intelligent Community Forum held its annual awards ceremony and Broadband Economy Summit last week in New York City. A new Intelligent Community of the Year was chosen amid conversations about how cities can incubate local growth in a global recession.
