COMMITTEES   |   Issue Committee Archives

2005-06

Health Information Technology Committee

The Health Information Technology Committee was charged with extending relationships various federal, state and non-profit entities (e.g., HHS's Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, the eHealth Initiative, NGA, etc.), promoting the role of the state CIO at relevant health IT forums, and produce additional guidance/tools that will help state CIOs make their way to "the table" armed with knowledge about the key environmental drivers and potential solutions for the immediate and emerging HIT concerns in their states. The Committee built on NASCIO deliverables such as the "Role of the State CIO in Health IT" issue brief and the "State Health IT Value Chain." The Committee reviewed opportunities for NASCIO to contribute to HHS contract awards designed to address the variation in the business level policies and state laws that affect privacy and security practice and pose challenges to heath information exchange.

Co-Chair: Larry Biggio, CIO, State of Wyoming
Co-Chair (2005): Steve Dawson, CIO, State of New Jersey
Co-Chair (2006): Tracy Williams, CIO, State of Rhode Island

Committee Deliverables:

• Profiles of Progress: State Health IT Initiatives
  November 2006
• The (IT) Doctor is In: The Role of the State CIO in Health IT
  February 2006

Information Security and Privacy Committee

The Committee focused on the intersection between security and privacy to help State CIOs formulate high-level security and data protection policies and technical controls to secure the states’ information systems and protect the privacy of personal and sensitive information within them. Topics the Committee addressed included the IT security business case, the role of the state Chief Information Security Officer, and the role of the CIO in privacy protection.

Co-Chairs: Mary Carroll, CIO, State of Ohio
Brenda Decker, CIO, State of Kansas

Committee Deliverables:

• Keeping the Citizen Trust: What a State CIO Can Do To Protect Privacy
  October 2006
• A Current View of the State CISO: A National Survey Assessment
  September 2006
• Born of Necessity: The CISO Evolution--Bringing the Technical and the Policy Together
  July 2006
• The IT Security Business Case: Sustainable Funding to Manage the Risks
  May 2006