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For immediate release: February 13, 2002
Contact: Beth Roszman
NASCIO Releases 2002 Compendium of Digital Government in the States
(Lexington, KY) - The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has released its comprehensive 2002 Compendium of Digital Government in the States. Statistics in the publication are based on survey questions completed by state chief information officers and their designated staff members. The compendium provides national aggregate statistics on executive IT authority, enterprise IT management, IT financial management and funding, access, usability and visibility, privacy, security and reliability, application development, e-commerce and internal automation.
In addition, there are profiles for 47 states and the District of Columbia, including information on the authority of the CIO, location of the IT function within state government, IT governing board membership, IT management responsibilities of the CIO, digital government offices and task forces, business-management and operational responsibilities of the state technology office, strategic planning process, state IT employment, compensation and hiring incentives, state IT budgets (FYs 2001-2003), expenditures, revenue sources, special grant and loan funds, IT budgeting oversight of the state technology office, and procurement responsibilities of the state technology office. For more information about the compendium go to http://www.nascio.org/publications/2002compendium.cfm.
"NASCIO members are uniquely qualified to provide information of real value about state IT," said Rock Regan, NASCIO President and chief information officer for the state of Connecticut. "It is a tribute to the association's membership to have such a high rate of response from 48 CIOs who serve 93% of the nation's population. We intend to make the survey an ongoing effort and will continue to update the questions to reflect new trends in state information technology organizations. The compendium will be an invaluable resource for state and local executives and decision-makers, as well as representatives from the private sector interested in digital government and state IT."
"In the past the association had published a smaller report that addressed state information resource structures," explained Charlie Gerhards, chair of NASCIO's Digital Government Work Group and chief information officer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. "Not only does the compendium contain updated information, it goes one step further to provide national aggregate data on various aspects of state IT resources and authority."
Key findings from the survey show a turnover of 16 new CIOs in 2001, with increasing responsibilities attached to the position. Out of the new group of CIOs, 11 of them became responsible for stand-alone IT departments/offices that operate as adjuncts to their governors' offices. Most of these have considerable policy and operational responsibilities. Other findings show that 18 states have implemented performance-based or hybrid compensation programs to retain IT employees and improve their competitiveness in the IT employment market. A majority of states are also developing critical infrastructure protection and disaster recovery plans to protect against cyber-attacks and other threats to critical IT systems.
NASCIO represents the state chief information officers from the 50 states, six U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Members include cabinet and senior level state officials responsible for information resource management. Other IT officials participate as associate members and private sector representatives may become corporate members.
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For more information contact NASCIO Digital Government Coordinator Chris Dixon at (859) 514-9148 or NASCIO Assistant Director Matt Trail at (859) 514-9212.
Association Management Resources, Inc. (AMR) provides NASCIO's executive staff. For more information about AMR visit http://www.amrinc.net.
