COMMITTEES | Issue Committee Archives
2004-05
Information Security Committee
The Information Security Committee was charged with keeping state CIOs abreast of funding opportunities for information security and identifying new sources and models, working to integrate information security into local, state and national homeland security planning processes, and helping CIOs better understand the impact of federal information security policies.Chair: Denise Moore, Chief Information Technology Officer, State of Kansas
Vice-Chair: Teri Takai, CIO, State of Michigan
Committee Deliverables:
- Findings from NASCIO’s Cybersecurity Survey
January 2006
Interoperability and Integration Committee
The Interoperability and Integration Committee was charged with addressing issues related to public safety communications, spectrum management, data sharing and integration, seamless government and emerging enterprise technologies such as wireless and IP-based solutions. The committee also identified emerging trends and issues in interoperability and integration and developed issue briefs and related research materials.Chair: Art Stephens, CIO, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Vice-Chair: John Gillispie, COO, State of Iowa
Committee Deliverables:
- We Need to Talk: Governance Models to Advance Communications Interoperability
November 2005 - Connecting the Silos: Using Governance Models to Achieve Data Integration
June 2005
IT Governance and Services Reform Committee
The IT Governance and Services Reform Committee was charged with addressing issues related to government IT organizational models, including business process improvement, reorganizations and consolidation, and funding models, approaches and alternatives. The committee focused on service delivery issues involving both internal and external customers, including shared services and delivering transparent one-stop services to the public. The committee identified emerging trends and issues related to IT governance and services and developed briefs and related research materials.Chair: Steve Schafer, IT Financial Solutions, State of Nebraska
Vice-Chair: George Bakolia, CIO, State of North Carolina
Committee Deliverables:
IT Procurement Reform Committee
The IT Procurement Reform Committee was charged with increasing the value NASCIO members receive from IT procurements and improving the overall procurement process. The committee provided recommendations and guidance on IT procurement best practices, focusing on specific topics such as IT contract terms, including intellectual property clauses; RFPs (Requests for Proposals); and the importance of the connection between IT Procurement and Enterprise Architecture. The committee also served as a point of coordination with the federal government and other governmental and private sector entities interested in IT procurement issues.Chair: Richard Thompson, CIO, State of Maine
NASPO Liaison: John Adler, State Procurement Administrator, State of Arizona
Committee Deliverables:
- IT Procurement and Enterprise Architecture: Recognizing the Mutual Benefits
October 2005 - Getting What You Need on the Way to the Win-Win! Leveraging the RFP in State Technology Procurements
May 2005 - Negotiating IP on the Way to the Win-Win: NASCIO’s Intellectual Property Recommendations
March 2005
Privacy Committee
The Privacy Committee was charged with monitoring and evaluating the privacy implications of existing and emerging information technologies in the government sector. The committee focused on keeping state CIOs current on privacy issues associated with these technologies, emphasizing the protection of personal data, citizen trust and confidence in government, and identity management and theft concerns.Chair: Les Nakamura, Administrator, Information and Communication Services Division, State of Hawaii
Vice-Chair: Amy Moran, Enterprise Records and Forms Officer, State of Wisconsin
Committee Deliverables:
- The Year of Working Dangerously: The Privacy Implications of Wireless in the State Workplace—Part II
September 2005 - The Year of Working Dangerously: The Privacy Implications of Wireless in the State Workplace—Part I
August 2005 - TLK2UL8R: The Privacy Implications of Instant and Text Messaging Technologies in State Government
May 2005 - Welcome to the Jungle: The State Privacy Implications of Spam, Phishing and Spyware
February 2005 - Who Are You? I Really Wanna Know: E-Authentication and its Privacy Implications
December 2004
