Wednesday, May 31

Thursday, June 1

Charles O. Rossotti - Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group; former Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service; Co-founder, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Management Systems

Moderator: Aldona Valicenti, NASCIO Past President, Vice President, Business Development Public Sector, Oracle

Panelists: Scott Pattison, Executive Director, National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO)
Bill Pound, Executive Director, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
John Thomasian, Director, Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association

The new millennium has already brought many challenges to state governments. These have included declining revenues, terrorist threats, national disasters, devolution of federal programs, and a continuation of declining federal dollars for programs. If you are interested in learning more and having greater insight into issues facing the states, then this session will be right on the mark. State and private sector attendees will have better insights and a broader understanding of how these issues affect their world. Beyond all of the challenges already mentioned, 2006 may bring some of the most extensive political change to the nation. There are 36 governorships and the majority of the state legislators and Congressional representatives up for election. This panel will focus in on the issues that have the greatest effect and it will help you understand their ramifications.

Moderator: Gary Robinson, Chief Information Officer, State of Washington

Panelists: Tony Frater, Deputy Director of the Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC), US Department of Homeland Security
Phil Bates, IT Director, Department of Public Safety, State of Utah
Robert LeGrande, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia
Andrew Weis, Subcommittee Staff Director, House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science and Technology

Recent tragic events precipitated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have underscored the message of the 2004 NASCIO Interoperability and Integration Committee that the inability of public safety officials to readily communicate with one another too often results in unnecessary loss of life and property. Collaboration and coordination is important for government to deliver life-saving services to the public and voice and data communications are integral to these cooperative efforts. Hear about: who needs to talk in an emergency; what actions have state CIOs taken to ensure interoperability; how has the federal government worked to foster improved communications; and what interoperable services are meeting the needs of all levels of government to communicate with one another.

NASCIO created the National Technology Champion Award to recognize an individual for outstanding contributions in the field of information technology policy. NASCIO's members recognize that such leadership is key to advancing citizen service, information sharing, and good government. NASCIO is pleased to honor Secretary Michael Leavitt, who exemplifies a champion of IT policy, with this prestigious award.

Michael O. Leavitt was sworn in as the 20th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on January 26, 2005. As secretary, he leads national efforts to protect the health of all Americans and provide essential human services to those in need. Prior to his current service, Leavitt served as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Governor of Utah. While at EPA, Leavitt signed the Clean Air Diesel Rule, implemented new, more-protective air quality standards for ozone and fine particle pollution and organized a regional collaboration of national significance to clean and protect the Great Lakes.

Prior to his work in the Bush Administration, Sec. Leavitt was the nation's longest-serving governor. During his eleven years of service, Utah was recognized six times as one of America's best managed states. He was chosen by his peers as Chairman of the National Governors Association, Western Governors Association and Republican Governors Association because of his ability to solve problems across partisan lines. The application of technology is a passion for Secretary Leavitt. His understanding of the significance of technology and his articulation of the impact that the internet could have on society is evidenced in everything he as done in government over the past 14 years. He was one of the first government officials to recognize that the sociology of technology was more important than the technology itself and he provided the communications and leadership skills to bride the gap. During his tenure as Governor of Utah, the state's website was awarded "Best of Web," offering more than 260 services online. As Secretary of Health and Human Services he is committed to unleashing the power of technology to improve the quality of care, reduce mistakes and manage costs. He and his wife Jacalyn are the parents of five children.

Press Release

Moderator: Janet Marchibroda, Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiatives

Panelists: Jodi Daniel, Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services
Chris Muir, Statewide Projects Manager, State of Arizona, Government Information Technology Agency
Micky Tripathi, President & CEO, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative

Healthcare modernization is among the governors' top priorities. Given that state government is among the largest purchasers, providers, and payers of healthcare in each state, it is imperative that state CIOs get engaged on this issue in the coming year. For example, do you have a population that could be better served through tele-health? Have you set enterprise-wide standards for electronic/personal health records? Are you mining data to fight fraud? What public-private partnerships will evolve? This session will seek common ground among the panelists regarding ways for state CIOs to help add value to their state's health IT efforts.

The Corporate Leadership Council (CLC) has developed this session to engage CIOs and private sector firms in a meaningful discussion that will move beyond lessons learned from past crises to develop collaborative strategies to foster disaster preparedness and business continuity in IT infrastructure in the future. The discussion will focus on finding meaningful solutions to the challenges that CIOs face in making the business case for preparedness.

This interactive session will include a summary analysis of responses to the CIO Disaster Preparedness Survey, recently conducted by the CLC, and will explore opportunities for public-private collaboration to ensure public sector IT business continuity. This session will also be used to review relevant materials and presentations, already available to state CIOs, and will provide a forum for generating ideas for a future CLC deliverable centered on disaster preparedness and business continuity.

Friday, June 2

Moderator: Trevor Hughes, CIPP, Executive Director, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Panelists: Zoe Strickland, Chief Privacy Officer, US Postal Service
Tracy Williams, Chief Information Officer, State of Rhode Island
Sallie Hunt, Chief Privacy Officer, State of West Virginia

Maintaining the citizens' trust means ensuring that their personal information remains private when they provide it to the state. The panel will explore some of the emerging threats to privacy at both the state and federal levels, highlight some approaches that states might consider in dealing with privacy (such as Privacy Impact Assessments), and will conclude by highlighting the panelists' predictions for the privacy landscape in the years to come.

Moderator: Stephen Fletcher, Chief Information Officer, State of Utah

Panelists: Darryl Lemecha, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Shared Services, ChoicePoint
Ann Garrett, Chief Information Security Officer, State of North Carolina
Richard Thompson, Chief Information Officer, State of Maine

State governments hold some of the most private information about citizens. As states look to private sector partners for outsourcing arrangements, both large and small, security must be a consideration that is addressed and built-into those relationships from their inception. This panel will explore the security implications of states' partnerships with private sector organizations--What are the data breach, infrastructure and other security risks that may arise? How do you evaluate those risks? Are there trade-offs between disciplined security and outsourcing efficiencies? Are there contractual or other mechanisms for addressing security risks and assigning responsibility? What are the Best Practices? And, most importantly, what is the role of the CIO in all of this?