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November 2007

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TOP STORIES

  • Dan Ross, Missouri Testifies Before Congress on the States and Cybersecurity

    On October 23, 2007 Missouri CIO Dan Ross testified on behalf of the state of Missouri and NASCIO before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives regarding efforts to prevent and respond to internet disruptions at the state level. Ross's testimony called attention to the need for effective planning and coordination in responding to an internet and critical IT system disruption indicating that state CIOs and their IT security personnel are increasingly forging partnerships with state homeland security, emergency management, law enforcement and public safety officials to plan for the potential of major disruptions and security events. Click here to access transcripts of the complete testimony.

  • State CIO Priorities Released

    NASCIO announced the state CIO priority rankings for 2008. The ranking is based on a survey completed during the 2007 NASCIO Membership Meeting at the Annual Conference in Tucson and follow up responses from several state CIOs who were not in attendance. The rankings reflect the general consensus on each issue. This information is already being used in a variety of ways during the initial phase of the program year. Generally, the top priorities are discussed in more depth to help build committee charters and determine more focused topics for ad-hoc work groups.

    The top ten state CIO Priorities for 2008:

    1. Consolidation
    2. Security
    3. Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity
    4. Electronic Records Management/Digital Preservation
    5. Health Information Technology
    6. Shared Services
    7. Connectivity
    8. Governance
    9. Interoperability
    10. Human Capital/IT Workforce

  • NASCIO Committees and Working Groups Announced

    The committees and working groups for the 2008 program year have been released. NASCIO encourages all members to get involved in committees and working groups activities for the program year. Member participation is critical to the success of NASCIO. Click here to view descriptions of and to sign up for committees.

    Committees

    • Awards Committee
    • Corporate Leadership Council
    • Enterprise Architecture Committee
    • Information Security and Privacy Committee
    • Programs Committee
    Working Groups and Forums
    • Consolidation and Shared Services State Forum
    • Electronic Records Management/Digital Preservation Working Group
    • Greening of IT Working Group
    • Health Information Technology Working Group
    • Innovative Funding for State IT Working Group
    • Legacy Systems & Modernization Working Group
    • State Project Management Forum
    • State IT Workforce Working Group

    • Performance Measurements Available
    NASCIO's Program Management activities support an important ongoing function of NASCIO's strategic planning process and execution. Click here to see the Third Quarter Performance Measures Report.


NASCIO In The News


Members In The News

  • CIO Transitions

    ALASKA
    Anand Dubey is the new Director of Information Technology for the Department of Administration with the state of Alaska. Dubey was appointed in October 2007.

    PENNSYLVANIA
    Correction: Chad Firestone, Executive Deputy CIO, is not serving as acting Chief Information Officer for Pennsylvania. Chief of Staff Art Stephens is overseeing the Commonwealth IT operations during the interim.

  • Bott Receives Award

    Missouri Deputy CIO Bill Bott was recently named one of nine government leaders honored with Governing magazine's prestigious Public Officials of the Year award. For the full story, click here.

  • Fletcher Interviewed about Utah's Systems Integrator

    In a recent interview with Public CIO, Utah CIO Steve Fletcher discusses why his office took over management of the state's biggest IT project ever. To read the complete interview, click here.

  • GTtv Video Stories

    New York CIO Melodie Mayberry-Stewart is featured in an interview with Government Technology. Click here to view the video.

  • South Carolina CIO Honored for Excellent Performance

    Jim Bryant, state CIO, South Carolina and his department were awarded with the South Carolina Governor's Quality Award at the Bronze level. This award recognizes organizations who demonstrate excellent performance through their quality management system based on the Baldrige criteria. The Bronze Achiever Award is for progress worthy of recognition toward implementing the Baldrige criteria.

  • States Awarded Grants

    The NGA Center for Best Practices, with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance, awarded Alabama, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin $50,000 grants to implement pilot projects that will benefit public safety through the improved sharing of information. Click here to read press release.

NASCIO on the Road

  • NASCIO Senior Issues Coordinator Mary Gay Whitmer represented NASCIO at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Privacy Academy in San Francisco, CA October 22-24.
  • Doug Robinson, NASCIO Executive Director, was a keynote speaker at the NIC eGovernment Leadership Summit in Portland, OR on October 24. He addressed state IT trends and the critical challenges facing state CIOs today.
  • NASCIO Enterprise Architect Eric Sweden represented the association at the Global Advisory Committee meeting held October 30-31 in Washington, DC. The Global Advisory Committee (GAC) was implemented by the US Attorney General to advise the US Department of Justice in the establishment of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative.
  • Doug Robinson represented NASCIO at the RE:Public VI Conference November 4-6 in Carefree, AZ.
  • Eric Sweden participated in the Global Justice Executive Architecture Committee meeting on November 6-7. Global was created to support the broad scale exchange of pertinent justice and public safety information. It promotes standards-based electronic information exchange to provide the justice community with timely, accurate, complete, and accessible information in a secure and trusted environment. Click here for additional SOA guidance documents approved by the Global Advisory Committee.
  • Doug Robinson was a panel speaker during the Public Sector track at the Oracle OpenWorld Conference in San Francisco, CA on November 12. He spoke on state IT trends and NASCIO's survey results on enterprise data center consolidations.
  • On November 16, NASCIO President John Gillispie (IA), Vice President Gopal Khanna (MN), Secretary/Treasurer Gary Robinson (WA) and Past President Teri Takai (MI) convened for the day at NASCIO's headquarters in Lexington, KY. They discussed priorities for the upcoming year including new committees/working groups and 2008 conferences.

Committee & Work Group Updates

  • The Cross-Boundary Collaboration Committee released a brief titled Connecting State and Local Government: Collaboration through Trust and Leadership. This brief explores the unique challenges and opportunities cross-boundary collaboration between state and local government entities.
  • The Disaster Recovery Working Group has completed its series of products on disaster recovery and business continuity by publishing an issue brief that addresses the challenges state CIOs may face when dealing with pandemics and the associated costs in personnel and lost productivity. Pandemic Planning and Response for State IT: Where's My Staff?
  • The E-Discovery Working Group will release a research brief on E-Discovery and Records Management this month.
  • The Enterprise Architecture Committee released Part III in the series on electronic records management and digital preservation: Protecting the Knowledge Assets of the State Government Enterprise. This research brief focuses on strategies and technological solutions for managing the proliferation of electronic records. The committee will host several conference calls with NSGIC to explore collaborative opportunities to promote GIS enabled enterprise architecture. These will include demonstrating the use of the NASCIO Information Exchange Catalog to capture collaborative information exchanges of GIS related information.
  • The IT Security Video Working Group, under the direction of Michigan's Chief Information Security Officer, Dan Lohrmann, has completed an outline for the persuasional video that will be released in early 2008. The goal of this project will be to raise awareness regarding the importance of ongoing and adequate funding for IT security.

Mark Your Calendar

  • Upcoming Committee Calls
    • Executive Committee - Thursday, December 6 at 2:00 p.m. ET
    • Enterprise Architecture Committee - Thursday, December 13 at 2:00 p.m. ET
    • Corporate Leadership Council - Wednesday, December 19 at 4:00 p.m. ET
  • Other Events of Interest
    • PTI Health Care IT Summit
      January 30-31, 2008 Atlanta, GA
      NASCIO member registration fee $295
      For more information visit www.pti.org/index.php/ptiee1/more/267 or contact Lisa Williams at (202) 626-2467
    • 2008 Information Processing Interagency Conference (IPIC)
      Transforming the Infrastructure
      Presented by the Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC)
      March 2-6, 2008 at the Renaissance SeaWorld, Orlando, FL
      For more information, visit www.ipicconference.org.