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Conference Information

Sponsors: October 3 is the last day to register and appear in the printed roster for the Annual Conference, so register now at www.nascio.org/events/2012Annual/register.cfm.

The Annual Conference sponsors provide a wealth of resources to state members in the Sponsor Resource Center, available at www.nascio.org/events/2012Annual/src.cfm. Simply click on a sponsor logo to see what that company is presenting, or look up information by topic. The Resource Center is easily searchable by keyword or topic, so you can find exactly the right information. NASCIO would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support.

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State Members: October 21 is Your Day

NASCIO's upcoming Annual Conference will feature a full day of content for state members only, on Sunday, October 21. Don't miss the chance to learn key lessons on leadership in the public sector at the Public Sector Leadership Forum (10:00 am - 11:30 am), and participate in the networking State Member Lunch and Discussion Forum (12:00 pm - 4:00 pm). The State Member Business Meeting and Networking Reception will occur prior to the Awards Dinner on Monday, October 22 (4:30 pm - 6:00 pm). All of these events are exclusively for state members. Please plan your conference travel accordingly.

Private Sector IT Leaders Offer Advice to State CIOs

Join NASCIO at the Annual Conference for the "Navigating Towards Success Through Data and Analytics" session so you can listen in as corporate executives share their defined strategy around business intelligence and business analytics;, share advice, lessons learned, missteps to avoid, business process transformation and appropriate technology investment.

The following panelists were selected to participate in this forum:

Bill Cook, President, Greenplum Analytics Division, EMC
Douglas Harr, Chief Information Officer, Splunk, Inc.
Donnie Haye, Vice President, Smarter Supply Chain Analytics, IBM

This session will take place on Tuesday, October 23, in San Diego. To learn more about the Annual Conference visit www.nascio.org/events/2012Annual/index.cfm. Jon Fullinwider, Principal at Integrated Technology Solutions, will facilitate the session.

NASCIO Nautical Feud 2.0

Make sure you attend the fun Nautical Feud networking event at the NASCIO Annual Conference on Tuesday, October 23, at 4:15 pm.

Thank you to everyone that filled out the NASCIO Nautical Feud Survey. Jeff McCord of Georgia was the luck winner of the $50 gift card.

Go the Distance with NASCIO

Don't miss your chance to run or walk in the Go the Distance NASCIO 5K: sign-up today at www.nascio.org/events/2012Annual/GiveBack.cfm.

"My team and I are looking forward to a great event that benefits a great charity. Every pledge helps The San Diego Futures Foundation provide equipment, software, training, services, and technical support to non-profits, small businesses, and disadvantaged residents. Everybody wins!" - Karen Robinson, CIO, State of Texas

States highlighted in blue have signed up – be sure your state participates!

Stay Connected in the NASCIO Community

It's easy to change your privacy and email settings in the Community. Just visit community.nascio.org/myprofile/preferences/ to update your preferences.

Congratulations to the top five most engaged members in the NASCIO Community this month:

Mark Scannell (NetApp)
Arlene King (Motorola)
Peshan Kalu Marakkala (Minnesota)
Craig Orgeron (Mississippi)
Ravaughn Robinson (Mississippi)

Events of Interest

iHT² Health IT Summit
November 7-8, Beverly Hills, CA

Register for the iHT² Health IT Summit and hear from national thought leaders on proven strategies for aligning IT strategies with business strategies, as well as discovering best practices for securing ePHI, HIE models and implementing mobile health initiatives. Learn more at ihealthtran.com/beverlyhillshome.html.

Health Insurance Exchange Congress
Register to attend the Health Insurance Exchange Congress, taking place November 13-14, 2012, at the Hotel Sax Chicago. NASCIO members are eligible for a 25 percent discount off their registration fee. The Health Insurance Exchange Congress brings together representatives of health plans, states and the federal government to address the opportunities and challenges presented by the implementation of health insurance exchanges. To register, email register@iirusa.com and mention the discount code XP1710NASCIO.

Watch on Washington

Cybersecurity Executive Order
Because cybersecurity bill was held up in Congress before the October recess, it is expected that the White House will issue an executive order regarding cybersecurity very soon. A draft has been circulating for a few weeks, and has received much feedback from members of Congress, government officials, and private firms.

Sequestration Update
At the last minute, on September 22, the Senate passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through March 27, alleviating concerns that the federal government would partially shut down on September 30. Congress is on recess until November 13, leaving sequestration, the farm bill, and postal service issues to be dealt with after the election.

CIO Transitions

Read the latest state CIO transitions – Click here.

Meet our newest members:

Amazon Web Services (Corporate Member)
IO (Corporate Member)
NTT Data, Inc. (Corporate Member)
The Active Network (Corporate Member)
County of Orange, California (Local Associate Member)

Committee & Working Group Updates

The Enterprise Architecture and Governance Committee published Is Big Data a Big Deal for State Governments? on August 23; see www.nascio.org/publications to view it.

The Health Care Working Group hosted a call with Devin Jopp from the working group for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI). Jopp gave an overview of how WEDI provides best practices to the federal government and provides guidance where possible. The working group continues to explore options for its next set of deliverables, and discussions have started in regards to the development of a survey in early 2013.

The IT Procurement Modernization Committee continues to develop a series of short issue briefs on IT procurement. In collaboration with TechAmerica and NASPO, NASCIO is working on a set of recommendations related to modernizing the Request for Proposal (RFP) process for IT procurement.

Work on the Deloitte-NASCIO 2012 Cybersecurity Survey continues to be the focus of effort for the Security and Privacy Committee, with drafts of the summary report being reviewed. It is hoped that the summary will be completed in time to coincide with the NASCIO annual conference. Forty-eight states and two territories participated in the 2012 survey.

Staff members continue to update materials for NASCIO's Cybersecurity Awareness webpage in connection with the observance of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October. That page will include an updated resource guide of state cybersecurity awareness and education programs and events, as well as links to additional sources of information.

The Social Media Forum continues to focus on its terms of service effort, which included development of a letter to social media providers which is to appear on the NASCIO Community as well as the NASCIO website, inviting providers to engage with NASCIO in revisions of their standard terms for free social media tools. It is hoped that prior agreements reached with Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter can leverage additional discussions with social media providers during the coming months. The Social Media Forum charter ends with the program year end in October, but TOS negotiations are expected to continue.

The State and Local Collaboration Working Group, and its special working group on Enterprise Architecture and Governance, published Why Should Governments Join Up? Why Now? What do We Gain? on September 13. See www.nascio.org/publications to view the publication.

The State Connectivity and Broadband Working Group's regular monthly calls continue to focus on nationwide public safety broadband network announcements and activities. The first meeting of the FirstNet Board will occur on Sept. 25, and we expect to track and discuss information coming out of that board as the NPSBN implementation begins to pick up speed.

The State Digital Identity Working Group finished and released the State Identity Crecdential and Access Management Guidance and Roadmap; it can be found at www.nascio.org/publications/documents/SICAM.pdf. The working group has started drafting a call-to-action in support of the principles of National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and looks to partner with the State, Local, Tribal, and Territories Stakeholder Group of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group Management Council prior to release. On the August working group call, Steve Olshansky, of Internet2, gave an overview of the purpose and goals of the National K-12 Federated Identity and Access Management Task Force. As a member of the National K-12 Federated Identity and Access Management Task Force, Denise Shorey spoke about the focus, purpose, goals and accomplishments of the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN). In addition, Rodney Peterson described the role that EDUCAUSE, the college and university equivalent of CoSN, has as a participating member of the K-12 Taskforce.

NASCIO: Making Connections

NASCIO President and Oregon CIO, Dugan Petty, presented at the Annual IT Solutions Management Conference on August 28 in Baltimore, Md.

NASCIO Eexecutive Director, Doug Robinson and Dugan Petty attended Government Accountability Office Executive Council for Information Management and Technology in Washington, District of Columbia, September 12-13,..

Robinson spoke at the Biometric Consortium Conference in Tampa, Fla., September 18-20, as well as the Mississippi Digital Government Summit, September 24-25, in Jackson, Miss., Robinson also spoke at the National State Auditors Association IT Conference and Workshop, September 26, in Nashville, Tenn., where Erik Avakian, Pennsylvania CISO, spoke on Thursday, September 27.

Robinson will attend speak on cybersecurity risks in the states at the West Virginia Information Security Conference in Charleston, W. Va. October 2-3.

Eric Sweden, Program Director for Enterprise Architecture and Governance, was a panelist on the Criminal Justice and Health Information Technology roundtable with Community Oriented Correctional Health Services on September 14. in Washington, D.C. Sweden also participated in the Global Justice Priorities Meeting, August 29-30, in Arlington, Va.

Sweden was interviewed by DorobekINSIDER on NASCIO's recent brief on big data; the interview can be accessed here. Sweden also participated in an interview with John Monroe, Custom Editorial Director at 1105 Media, regarding the National Information Exchange Model.

Chad Grant, NASCIO senior policy analyst, presented to EduCause K-20 Identity Management Task Force on August 15. Grant will also speak at the America Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators Annual International Conference in Charlotte, N.C., September 20-21.

Mark Your Calendar

Upcoming NASCIO Committee Calls and Meetings

Enterprise Architecture and Governance Committee – Thursday, September 27, at 2:00 pm Eastern
State Digital Identity Working Group – Thursday, September 27 at 3:00 pm Eastern
Executive Committee – Thursday, October 4 at 3:30 pm Eastern
State and Local Collaboration Working Group – Tuesday, October 11, at 3:00 pm Eastern
State Connectivity and Broadband Working Group – Wednesday, October 10, at 2:00 pm Eastern
State IT Procurement Modernization Committee – Wednesday, October 10, at 2:00 pm Eastern
Security and Privacy Committee – Tuesday, October 16, at 1:00 pm Eastern
Corporate Leadership Council – Wednesday, October 17, at 3:00 pm Eastern
State Digital Identity Working Group – Thursday, October 18, at 3:00 pm Eastern
Social Media Forum – Tuesday, October 30, at 2:00 pm Eastern
Health Care Working Group – Wednesday, October 31, at 3:00 pm Eastern

Corporate Member Partner Profiles

Each month, NASCIO will randomly draw three corporate members to be featured in the monthly newsletter. To view a complete list of NASCIO's corporate partners, visit www.nascio.org/aboutNASCIO/corpProfiles.

BMC Software

Contact: Susan Walker Title: Senior Field Marketing Manager Address: 2101 CityWest Blvd Houston, TX 77042		Phone: (713) 918-2675 Email: susan_walker@bmc.com Web address: www.bmc.com
Business runs on IT. IT runs on BMC Software. Business thrives when IT runs smarter, faster, and stronger. That's why the most demanding IT organizations in the world rely on BMC Software across both distributed and mainframe environments. Recognized as the leader in Business Service Management, BMC offers a comprehensive approach and unified platform that helps IT organizations cut cost, reduce risk and drive business profit. For the four fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2012, BMC revenue was approximately $2.2 billion. Visit www.bmc.com for more information.

Google

Contact: Dan Israel Title:Manager, Google Enterprise - Government		Phone: (202) 905-2409 Email: disrael@google.com Web address: www.google.com/apps/government
Google provides innovative technologies that help government agencies organize information and make it accessible & useful to the citizens & to authorized government employees. Google's solutions for search, geospatial data, and communication & collaboration are easy to use, quick to deploy, fast, and scalable. Learn more at www.google.com/apps/government.

OpenText

Contact: Tom Graves Title: Senior Vice President, Government Solutions Address: 13625 Technology Dr AZ975-1000 Eden Prairie, MN 55344		Phone: (602) 605-8974 Email: tom.graves@optum.com Web address: www.optum.com/government
Optum is an information and technology-enabled health services company serving the health care marketplace, including government agencies, life sciences companies, commercial sponsors, care providers, and consumers. Optum's business units – OptumInsight, OptumHealth and OptumRx – employ 35,000 people committed to making the health system work better for everyone. More available at www.optum.com/government.