10:30am - 11:45am
Scottsdale Ballroom

Homeland Security - Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Moderator: Rock Regan, Chief Information Officer, State of Connecticut
Panelists: Bonnie Locke, Director, Wisconsin Integrated Justice Information System (WIJIS)
Stuart McKee, Chief Information Officer, State of Washington
Jim Ryan, Homeland Security Technology Manager, State of Arizona (invited)

Defending a state homeland against terrorism requires leadership, communication, and practice. This session will include panelists with real-life experience in these areas. Presenters include a state official charged with homeland security who appreciates the role of the CIO and IT, a leader of a statewide, cross-sector information sharing and analysis program, and a leader from one of the recent TOPOFF exercises. Together, they will paint a comprehensive picture of what it takes to the get the job done at the state and local levels.

Lunch and Presentation by Japanese IT Officials

Japan: IT Progress and Challenges
Moderator: Aldona Valicenti, Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Panelists: Hiroshi Sasaki, Executive Chief of Governor's Office & CIO, Gifu Prefectural Government
Shigeru Muramatsu, Senior Director, Advanced Information Systems Development & Policy Office, Shizuoka Prefectural Government
Ichiro Terabayashi, Director, Information Policy, Toyama Prefectural Government

An association (NASCIO-like) of CIOs from each prefecture is being launched and the panel participants will discuss the challenges and opportunities of that project. The role of the CIO in the prefectural government will be discussed. The participants will also highlight the technology directions for their prefectures. This is also an excellent opportunity for US CIOs to have greater familiarity with Japan. Many of our governors have close economic development relationships with Japan.

Break

State IT Budgets, or Turning Lemons Into Lemonade
Moderator: Randy Bauer, State Budget Director, Department of Management, State of Iowa
Panelists: Ted Kanavas, State Senator, State of Wisconsin
Matt Miszewski, Chief Information Officer, State of Wisconsin
William O'Leary, Director of Health and Human Services, Microsoft

Panelists will share their views on the ramifications to IT of the current fiscal crisis in the states from two perspectives: 1) what changes and trends are we seeing in IT budgets, investments, policies, deployment, and governance, and 2) how IT is being used as a positive agent/contributor in assisting states in managing the state fiscal conditions. The panelists will also address how IT fared in the most recent budget cycle and answer some of the following questions:

• What strategies are being used to cope with some of the dramatic reductions being seen in IT budgets?
• If cuts continue, what are some of the implications to the states' critical IT infrastructures?
• What are the operational and political risks occurring in this environment and what are ways to mitigate them?
• In this fiscal environment how do states address the continued pressures to improve the delivery of government services to the citizens?

The Many Views of Privacy
Moderator: Stuart McKee, Chief Information Officer, State of Washington
Panelists: Lucy Dalglish, Executive Director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Doug Robinson, Executive Director, Governor's Office for Technology, Office of Policy and Customer Relations, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Jay Stanley, Communications Director, Technology and Liberty Program, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

The panelists will represent a wide range of views on privacy issues and their future direction. We look forward to a lively exchange between privacy advocates, defenders of open access, and the government officials who may find themselves in the middle. The session will conclude with questions and answers.

Gold Sponsor/CIO Reception
Invitation Only

Corporate and State CIO Breakfast

Keynote Presentation
Speaker: David Brin, Ph.D., Astrophysicist and Award Winning Science Fiction Author (invited)

David Brin, Ph.D. has a triple career as scientist, public speaker, and author. His 15 novels have been translated into more than 20 languages. His 1989 ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web. Brin's 1998 non-fiction book, The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy?, deals with a wide range of threats and opportunities facing our wired society during the information age. In his presentation, Brin will discuss the future direction of technology and the implications of these advancements.

Enterprise Architecture
Moderator: Gerry Wethington, Chief Information Officer, State of Missouri
Panelists: Bob Haycock, Enterprise Architect, US Office of Management and Budget
Claude Johnson, Director, Strategic Services, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi
Lou Trammell, Interim Deputy Director for the Division of Emergency Management, State of Arizona
Mike Kunesh, Director of Homeland Security, State of Wisconsin

NASCIO is beginning its 5th year of enterprise architecture activity. At the outset, NASCIO was considered a pioneer; now we are considered a resource for all levels of government and virtually every government discipline. NASCIO's Enterprise Architecture Tool-kit has been a tremendous success. Now however, there is a growing national demand to expand architectural awareness, integrate architecture into governance models and demonstrate results and value through the use of enterprise architecture. This session will detail the transformation of NASCIO's Tool-kit to that of a National Enterprise Architecture Portfolio of Products. The panel will discuss how they have utilized architecture, the Tool-kit and new products of the portfolio in their organizations. The panel will also address the issue of federal/state/county/municipal coordination of architecture frameworks and why it is important. The session will also feature the release of the next Architecture videos and the release of the Architecture Maturity Model Validation Report.

Trends and New Approaches in Technology Funding
Moderator: Mike Langrehr, Vice President for Government Services, Crestone
Panelists: Greg Jackson, Chief Information Officer, State of Ohio
Peter Quinn, Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Carolyn Purcell, Chief Information Officer, State of Texas (retired)
Richard Rognehaugh, Chief Information Officer, State of Tennessee

This session will feature the release of a paper prepared by a special committee of the NASCIO Corporate Leadership Council (CLC) on Trends and New Approaches in Technology Funding. A panel of state CIOs will share highlights from the Trends and New Approaches in Technology Funding brief. They will provide the rationale behind the process, share specific examples and best practices of what worked and what did not, and give a practical guide to getting it done. Some of the items discussed will be the use of bonds/COPs, leasing and financing, performance based contracting, benefits funding, investment/ revolving funds, managed services, purchasing and budgeting strategies.

Lunch

IT Purchasing - State and Corporate Perspectives
Moderator: Richard Thompson, Chief Information Officer, State of Maine
Panelists: Jim Miluski, Director, Department of Administration, Division of Purchasing, State of Missouri
Margaret McConnell, Assistant General Counsel, Maricopa Community College
Marlene Lockard, Vice President Government Relations, EzGov

The panelists will discuss legislative changes in the last three to five years that have been of positive impact. They will also identify legislation that precludes an effective relationship between the state IT and corporate community. They will identify the constraints and discuss situations where they have been overcome so that the states are able to be effective in fostering this partnership. The discussion will focus on the relationship between the CIO community and the state purchasing community. This session will also discuss how we move forward and begin to focus in earnest on building a smoothly working public/private partnership. This session will provide a corporate perspective on leveraging the relationship between state CIOs, purchasing officers and the private sector community. What can we do to build solid public/private sector relationships in tight economic times? Does this involve changing legislation? And if so, what changes must be made?

The Road to Government Transformation
Moderator: Carolyn Purcell, Chief Information Officer, State of Texas (retired)
Panelists: Richard Greene, Special Projects Editor, Governing Magazine
Todd Sander, Chief Information Officer, City of Tucson, Arizona

This session will provide an assessment of technology influencing governance transformation initiatives and where we need to go in the future. Panelists will share success stories, identifying the crucial elements of success and what hasn't worked. They will also discuss whether public and political expectations have been met. E-government and other transformation initiatives adoption rates will be explored - does the return justify the investment? Do we adequately measure the success of our transformations? From this session, CIOs will take away 'thought leads' and constructive real world examples shared by the panelists.

Lobbying 101
Moderator: George Newstrom, Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia
Panelists: Richard Bryan, Former U.S. Senator and Governor, State of Nevada
James Dillon, Chief Information Officer, State of New York

Much of a state CIO's success is often determined by how well they can navigate and understand the political dynamics of their legislature and other non-technical policy and advisory boards. This panel will feature effective lobbying and communication techniques successfully deployed by seasoned corporate and government lobbyists as well as some basic insight from those who have been "lobbied" by the best and the worst.

Listening to New CIOs - A Debate Exploring Whether a Previous Successful Career in the Public Sector or in the Private Sector Prepares You for Triumph as a State CIO
Moderator: Steve Kolodney, Vice President, Public Sector Group, American Management Systems (AMS)
Panelists (Public Sector Background): Chris Cummiskey, Chief Information Officer, State of Arizona
Denise Moore, CIO, State of Kansas
Richard Thompson, Chief Information Officer, State of Maine
Panelists (Private Sector Background): Thomas Collins, CIO, State of Rhode Island
Carolyn Walton, Executive Chief Information Officer, State of Arkansas
Paul Wharton, Acting Chief Information Officer, State of Alabama

Run government more like a business, but don't stumble on the politics. Understand how government works, but be innovative and embrace change. Be collaborative, but get things done. While many of the qualities for success are the same in both government and business, does a background in one or the other better prepare you for victory as a new state CIO? This session will pose that question to NASCIO's newest members. Staged as an old-fashioned debate, the participants on each side will describe why it is an advantage to come to the CIO position with either extensive government or business experience. Each participant, a newly appointed CIO, will offer his or her observations after less than a year on the job and (with a little coaxing) might admit to the part of the CIO job they were least prepared to handle.

Roundtable Discussion - Focusing on the Message
Moderator: Steve Kolodney, Vice President, Public Sector Group, American Management Systems (AMS)

The transition is ending. New administrations are being formed and frugal budgets have been adopted. The role of technology in delivering government services is transitioning as well. No longer do CIOs need to convince skeptical colleagues that websites are important for giving citizens access to their government; now, CIOs have to make technology work seamlessly and efficiently so that citizens' experience with government is satisfying. How do we talk about our new role? What is our message? This Roundtable brings together state CIOs and the corporate community to address this question. Let's talk. What should this new message contain to support effective decision-making? The discussion will draw on ideas presented during the previous days of the conference to build an evolving message for NASCIO.