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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:
Dick Clark, State of Montana
 

Jim Barnhart, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Allan J Benek, infogroup
Raymond L Blair, IBM
Amy Caldeira, State of Florida
Roy Cales, NSI
Mr. Rich Calhoun, State of Georgia
Rob Casselman, Accenture
Jodi Chapin, AT&T
Richard Clark, State of Oklahoma
Greg Coleman, Harris Corporation
John Conley, State of Colorado
Michael Connors, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Monica Couglin, State of Colorado
Chris Dixon, Deltek
Edward J Driesse, State of Louisiana
John Dunlap, State of West Virginia
James Earl, State of Nevada
Jim Edman, State of South Dakota
Katrina Flory, State of Ohio
Kathleen Franco, AT&T
Randall Frantz, ESRI
Duncan Friend, State of Kansas
Eric Greenman, Intel
Dara Hessee, State of Colorado
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
Rick Keith, Motorola Solutions
Paul Koch, State of South Carolina
  James Kohler, State of Alaska
David N Kroening, State of New York
Steve Landers, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Richard Leadbeater, ESRI
Phillip Lindley, State of Maine
Daniele Loffreda, Fujitsu Network Communications
Sudha Maheshwari, PhD, Sanborn
Carl Marsh, State of Texas
Sean McSpaden, State of Oregon
Paula Newsome, State of Oregon
Dr. Craig P Orgeron, PhD, State of Mississippi
Dugan Petty, State of Oregon
Damon Porter, State of Missouri
Carolyn Purcell,
Mario Rebello, Microsoft
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
Wilford Saunders, State of Washington
Ron Schwarz, Cisco Systems Inc.
Amy M Smith, HP
Jason Snyder, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mike Tucker, Intel
Galen Updike, State of Arizona
Gregory Urban, State of Maryland
Mike Waldner, State of South Dakota
Bob Walker, State of Oklahoma
Clay Whitehead, Motorola Solutions
Glenn Yarbrough, State of Tennessee
Charlie Zeberlein, State of South Carolina
 

Committee Publications

Bowling for Broadband 2: Toward Citizen-Centric, Broadband-Based E-Government
August 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

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NASCIO Connections A National Survey of Social Media Use in State Government A Call to Action: Information Exchange Strategies