Watch on Washington

Although January in Washington is best known for the pomp and circumstance surrounding the inauguration of a President, behind the scenes it is grappling with key issues. In the lead up to the State of the Union on February 12, there is a strong chance we could see the roll-out of policies with significant impacts on state IT. The technology community expects the Administration to put in place its oft-mentioned cybersecurity executive order in days leading up to the speech. In addition, many expect significant regulatory changes to be offered during the State of the Union. Beyond the State of the Union, the House of Representatives leadership is planning to increase the debt ceiling enough to keep the government running through May 19. Expect the Administration and Congress to try for another grand bargain on spending cuts and debt reduction. Whatever the final result, it will likely impact key state funding sources.

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Committee & Working Group Updates

The NASCIO Enterprise Architecture & Governance Committee held its monthly call on January 10, 2013. This call was devoted to generating candidate project ideas for 2013. In lieu of a monthly call for February, the committee will participate in the NIEM Online Town Hall Meeting. The Town Hall will focus on the community's hard work and successes that have helped elevate NIEM to the next level. Agenda includes:

Donna Roy, NIEM Executive Director: Preview of 2013 NIEM highlights.
Andrew Owen, NTAC Co-Chair: Progress on the NIEM Version 3.0 Release.
Joe Bodmer and David Tabler, NIEM Human Services Domain Leaders: Community engagement and growth of the Human Services domain.
Doug Robinson, NASCIO Executive Director: Overview of formal NIEM adoption efforts across states and territories.
Joseph Grubbs, VA Commonwealth Data Governance Service Lead: Achieving interoperability across the Commonwealth of Virginia through the use of NIEM.
Community Q&A: We'll wrap things up by answering your NIEM questions! Questions are first come, first serve, so be sure to email questions ahead of time to information@niem.gov. Please include "Town Hall" in the subject line.

To RSVP, please visit: a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/bookEvent/A330978

The Health Care Working Group has developed a survey in conjunction with HIMSS and will be hosted an All-States call on January 22, 2013 to announce the launch of the survey to state CIOs. The survey has been developed with guidance form the Health Care Working Group and will include a snapshot of the landscape of state level health information exchanges. For more details or to submit questions please contact Chad Grant at cgrant@amrms.com. The Health Care Working Group named the State of Arizona Chief Information Officer Aaron Sandeen and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretariat Chief Information Officer Manu Tandon to serve as Co-Chairs for the current charter period.

The IT Procurement Modernization Committee continues to develop a series of short issue briefs on IT procurement. In addition, the committee is currently compiling an overview of states that have limitations on liability in state IT procurements and plans to release an informational graphic in late January. As part of the re-charter process, the IT Procurement Modernization Committee has named State of Oklahoma Chief Information Officer Alex Pettit and State of Iowa Chief Information Officer Robert von Wolffradt as Co-Chairs.

The Legal IT Working Group has begun discussions with other social media platforms regarding potential negotiation of state government terms of service. The YouTube submissions for state government terms of service continue, and the working group will meet on Thursday, January 24 at 3 pm eastern to discuss further legal issues and deliverables.

The Security and Privacy Committee recently hosted a call with the State of South Carolina Chief Information Officer Jimmy Early as the guest speaker. The call included an overview and lessons learned from the recent breach that occurred in South Carolina, the Office of Inspector General report suggestions, and insight into how to build a stronger cyber security governance model for states. In December, NASCIO also hosted an educational webinar on the 2012 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study: A call for collaboration and compliance. The archived webinar can be found at www.nascio.org/ committees/security/ webinarArchive.cfm#628. With the recent retirement of the State of Montana CIO Dick Clark, the Security and Privacy Committee has named the State of Connecticut CIO Mark Raymond to serve as a Co-Chair with State of Nevada CIO David Gustafson.

The Public Safety Broadband Working Group has taken up the torch for the State Connectivity and Broadband Working Group in the new year, focusing on the development and implementation of a nationwide public safety broadband network (PSBN). In December, the group held an in-depth conversation on a conceptual framework for the PSBN and a conversation on how 'wavier jurisdictions', which had begun building out the network with federal dollars, would proceed. In January, the committee was joined by Steve Traylor, Executive Director of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA), regarding early state and local collaboration in planning of the network.

The State Digital Identity Working Group recently presented to the Smart Card Alliance (SCA), TechAmerica, Personal Identity Verification Interoperability First Responder Authentication Credential Technology Transition Working Group (PIV-I FRAC TTWG), and the Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB). The presentations focused on the recent release of the SICAM Guidance and Roadmap. The Digital Identity Working Group finalized a Call-to-Action in support of the State Identity Credential Access Management Guidance and Roadmap (SICAM) and encouraging adoption by NASCIO members. The Call-to-Action is available at www.nascio.org/publications/. The State Digital Identity Working Group recently announced that the State of New Hampshire Interim Chief Information Officer Peter Hastings and the State of Georgia Chief Information Officer Calvin Rhodes will serve as Co-Chairs.

NASCIO: Making Connections

Doug Robinson, NASCIO Executive Director, attended and spoke at the National Homeland Security Consortium meet in San Diego, CA January 16-18, as well as the IJIS Institute Industry Briefing in Washington, DC January 23-25. Robinson will meet with the National Governor's Association in Washington, DC February 6 and will speak at the RSA Conference in San Francisco February 24-27.

Mitch Herckis, NASCIO Government Affairs Director, participated in a forum on cybersecurity collaboration hosted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) on December 19, 2012. On January 25, Herckis will participate in APHSA's Human Services Transformation Roundtable and on January 29, he will attend Governing Magazine's Outlook in the States & Localities Conference in Washington, D.C. Herckis will also attend the NGA Winter Meeting in Washington, DC February 22-24.

Mark Your Calendar

Upcoming NASCIO Committee Calls and Meetings

Legal IT Working Group – Thursday, January 24 at 3:00 pm Eastern
Health Care Working Group – Wednesday, January 30, at 3:00 pm Eastern
Cross-Jurisdictional Working Group – Thursday, January 31 at 2:00 pm Eastern
State Digital Identity Working Group – Thursday, January 31, at 3:00 pm Eastern
Executive Committee – Thursday, February 7, at 3:30 pm Eastern
State IT Procurement Modernization Committee – Wednesday, February 13, at 2:00 pm Eastern
Enterprise Architecture and Governance Committee – Thursday, February 14, at 2:00 pm Eastern
Security and Privacy Committee – Tuesday, February 19, at 1:00 pm Eastern
Corporate Leadership Council – Wednesday, February 20, 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.

Datacard

Contact: Michael Berman Title: Regional Government Sales Vice President Address: 11111 Bren Rd W Minnetonka, MN 55343		Phone: (952) 933-1223 Email: michael_berman@datacard.com Web address: www.datacard.com
Datacard Group helps government agencies and integrators worldwide reduce risk and implement highly secure, reliable and efficient ID and credential management programs. Datacard Group has delivered innovative solutions, such as identity documents and e-government applications, for over 400 government ID programs in more than 100 countries. A deep understanding of industry best practices and standards, along with an open architecture, helps ensure security and flexibility for customers.

Hyland Software, Inc.

Contact: Kevin Flanagan Title:Industry Manager, Government Solutions Address: 28500 Clemens Rd Westlake, OH 44145		Phone: (440) 788-5723 Email: kevin.m.flanagan@hyland.com Web address: www.hyland.com
One of the world's largest independent ECM software vendors, Hyland Software is the developer of OnBase. An award-winning suite of document and process management solutions, OnBase has a proven record of solving problems resulting from time consuming, costly and error plagued manual tasks. Available on-premises or as software as a service (SaaS), OnBase installs quickly, cost effectively and is designed to grow with organizations.

Sophos

Contact: Robert Bentley Title: Director, Public Sector Address: 3 Van de Graaaff Dr Burlington, MA 01803		Phone: (781) 494-5932 Email: robert.bentley@sophos.com Web address: www.sophos.com
We help organizations keep data safe and block the growing number of complex threats. We protect everywhere and offer complete security with our full range of endpoint, encryption, email, web, network security and UTM products. We help customers protect their businesses and meet compliance needs. And all our customers benefit from the expertise of our threat analysts located around the world.