In an era of budget cuts, some technology vendors are offering solutions that move beyond the client/server/silo model, focusing instead on providing flexible services at a lowered cost. CivSource spoke with Steve Stratton, VP Federal and NSG, at Commercial Data Systems (CDS), one such company, about these issues. According to Stratton, state and local governments [...]
FOSE is open today and tomorrow at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. The conference is focused on cybersecurity issues facing the public sector and what it means for protection against threats, cloud computing and new open government directives. CivSource is there covering all of the action and had a chance to [...]
The Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) is in year two of a four-year consolidation plan, meant to transform the way government delivers IT in the state. In conversations with OIT Chief of Staff Dara Hessee and Enterprise Architect Leah Lewis, they explained the importance of solid governance strategies and the need to address aging [...]
Friday is the last day to contribute comments or ideas on OpenGov Tracker, a website tracking ideas for federal agencies related to the Open Government Directive. CivSource spoke with one of the creators, Jessy Cowan-Sharp about how the project is going and what she plans to do in the future. As of this writing, the [...]
The Colorado Department of Treasury unveiled a new feature this week designed to help Coloradans understand how their state tax dollars are spent on an individual or household level. State Treasurer Cary Kennedy told CivSource that the interactive website is intended to show taxpayers a clear line from their paycheck to their communities.
Attensity, a semantic analysis company, recently announced its Attensity Analyze for VOC product. The product aggregates and analyzes text based customer communications including emails, web forums, surveys, CRM notes, social media and other sources into a native dashboard offering sentiments and trends or, “voice of the customer.” The product is the flagship in a suite [...]
Last Thursday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that his company was going “all in” when it came to building software and hardware solutions for the cloud. He said a concerted effort was underway to have 90 percent of Microsoft’s 40,000 workforce focused on solutions related to cloud computing over the next year. CivSource spoke to [...]
Yesterday, at the RSA Conference, Google, PayPal, Equifax, VeriSign, Verizon, CA, and Booz Allen Hamilton announced the formulation of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX), a non-profit organization designed to build trust in the exchange of of online identity credentials in both the public and private sectors. The Open Identity Exchange grew out of a public-private [...]
Last week, Microsoft held its eighth annual US Public Sector CIO Summit in Redmond, Washington where company officials unveiled enhanced certification and security capabilities for cloud users in government. According to the Microsoft vice president responsible for state and local governments, last week’s announcements were significant not just for federal customers, but also for states [...]
Accenture has upgraded Idaho’s Benefit and Eligibility System (IBES), making it the most modern system in the country, according to the company. The upgrades replace the state’s 30 year old system which could no longer effectively manage new benefit requirements or administration.
