New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson announced the opening of eight community “gateways” to the state’s supercomputer, Encanto, to help develop New Mexico’s educational and high-tech business sector, he said. “We’re bringing the highest level of supercomputing to every corner of the state, giving New Mexicans the opportunity to tap in to its remarkable educational and [...]
BasicGov, a provider of municipal planning, permit and code enforcement software for local government, announced last week the launch of BasicGov Licensing. The web-based software will help governments streamline the application, payments and renewal process for all licenses within its jurisdiction, the company said.
Microsoft was among the many companies asked to participate in the President’s Forum on Modernizing Government earlier this month, and last week CivSource spoke to two Microsoft executives about what modernization means for state and local government and how collaboration, technology and change management can enable more effective government.
During a webinar Thursday, NASCIO president and Utah State CIO Steven Fletcher joined Public Technology Institute (PTI) executive director Alan Shark to map the state and local government technology landscape of 2010. Both experts underscored the importance of technologies that can save money and enhance service delivery given the economic realities facing nearly every state [...]
A predictable, inevitable, and unfortunate truth about health and human services in the U.S. has been revealed by the Great Recession, according to Dave McCurley, Accenture’s global managing director for human services. In a keynote given at the American Public Human Services Association ISM Conference last year, Mr. McCurley said that by complicating the assistance [...]
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 [...]
Last week, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear introduced a new initiative to streamline government services and improve efficiency within his administration. The “Smart Government” initiative will look towards statewide procurement reform, information technology and state-owned assets to stretch the taxpayers’ dollar.
The State of New York is looking to merge and consolidate seven agencies and authorities under Governor David Paterson’s new budget proposal – a move his administration says will save $14.8 million per year. Among some of the more substantial changes, Gov. Paterson called for the creation of a new Homeland Security division, the combining [...]
Last week the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded funds for broadband mapping and data collection to help boost high-speed Internet access as mandated by the American Recover and Reinvestment Act. Ten states were awarded funds, bringing the total number of grants to 51 with an approximate value of $97 million. The NTIA and [...]
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 [...]
