COMMITTEES | State Connectivity and Broadband Working Group
About the Working Group
Issue Statement: NASCIO recognizes the critical role played by the Internet in supporting the economic vitality of states and the nation as a whole, and the extent to which broadband connectivity impacts the lives of citizens and the service delivery models of state governments and the private sector. To grow participation in the new economy and to lower the cost of government services, almost every state has made efforts to increase broadband penetration using a variety of means and fiscal resources, public and private. As the Pew Center on the States has stated, Americans who lack reliable, affordable, high speed Internet connections may be left behind. This concern is shared by state governments and by State CIOs, and broadband continues to be one of the top ten CIO priorities for 2011.
Goals and Objectives: The goal of the work group will be to ensure that State CIOs are fully cognizant of the issues associated with continued growth of broadband networks across the nation, particularly as these are impacted by completion of Recovery Act projects and policies and/or programs that flow out of the National Broadband Plan. The workgroup will track broadband issues, best-practice efforts of individual state programs, and examine how leading edge states are leveraging broadband connectivity to spur economic growth and service delivery efforts.
Deliverables: The workgroup will continue to provide a forum for discussion of broadband issues. Assessments of key policy points of interest to CIOs will be undertaken as needed and comments developed, where appropriate, for NASCIO to deliver to the FCC, NGA, etc. Briefings by federal and state officials on policy and technology issues are expected. Other deliverables are to be determined.
Meeting Schedule:
Meeting schedule is TBD.
Committee Roster
Co-Chair:Darryl Ackley, State of New Mexico |
Co-Chair:Dr. Craig P Orgeron, PhD, State of Mississippi |
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Jim Barnhart, Commonwealth of Kentucky Allan J Benek, infogroup Mr. Andrew D Berquist, American Samoa Rohit Bhanot, Motorola Solutions Raymond L Blair, IBM Easter Asi Bruce, American Samoa Amy Caldeira, State of Florida Mr. Rich Calhoun, State of Georgia Rob Casselman, Accenture Jodi Chapin, AT&T Dick Clark, State of Montana Greg Coleman, Harris Corporation John Conley, State of Colorado Michael Connors, Deloitte Consulting LLP Monica Couglin, State of Colorado Ed C. Cruz, Government of Guam Chris Dixon, Deltek Edward J Driesse, State of Louisiana John Dunlap, State of West Virginia Jim Earl, State of Nevada Jim Edman, State of South Dakota Katrina Flory, State of Ohio Kathleen Franco, AT&T Duncan Friend, State of Kansas Eric Greenman, Intel Dara Hessee, State of Colorado Richard Hillyard, Fujitsu Network Communications David M. Houle, BerryDunn Jim Hueser, IBM Antonio Hylton, Verizon Candy Irven Hauser, NIC Norman J Jacknis, Cisco Systems Inc. Karen Jackson, Commonwealth of Virginia Steven Jennings, Alcatel-Lucent Paul Koch, State of South Carolina |
James Kohler, State of Alaska David N Kroening, State of New York Richard Leadbeater, ESRI Bruce Leck, State of New Jersey Phillip Lindley, State of Maine Daniele Loffreda, Fujitsu Network Communications Doug Mah, State of Washington Carl Marsh, State of Texas Sean McSpaden, State of Oregon Paula Newsome, State of Oregon Dugan Petty, State of Oregon Damon Porter, State of Missouri Carolyn Purcell, Charles Robb, NASCIO Doug Robinson, NASCIO Mr. Juan E Rodriguez de Hostos, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Todd Russ, State of North Carolina Jason Sajko, Deltek David Salway, State of New York Charlie Sasser, State of Georgia Wilford Saunders, State of Washington Ron Schwarz, Cisco Systems Inc. Ms. Amy M Smith, HP Jason Snyder, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Robert Sprecher, Unisys Bradley A Stoddard, State of Michigan Mr. Shaun Trippel, CenturyLink Mike Tucker, Intel Galen Updike, State of Arizona Gregory Urban, State of Maryland Mike Waldner, State of South Dakota Bob Walker, State of Oklahoma Glenn Yarbrough, State of Tennessee Christopher Yaw, Northrop Grumman Charlie Zeberlein, State of South Carolina |
Committee Publications
Bowling for Broadband 2: Toward Citizen-Centric, Broadband-Based E-GovernmentAugust 2006
This brief highlights the continued evolution of the broadband environment and the need for states to understand both the enhanced public service opportunities and citizen expectations of high-speed Internet access.
Bowling for Broadband: The Role of the State CIO in Promoting High-Speed Internet Access
September 2004
