The important work of NASCIO is conceived and executed by business and operating committees comprised of engaged members and supported by association staff. In addition to the Executive Committee, NASCIO has operating committees and ad hoc issues forums that report to this governance committee.
To learn more about the schedule for issue forum meetings and other events, please view the Member Event Calendar.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee assists the Executive Committee in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to the annual audit of the association’s books and records, including selection of the independent auditor and oversight of internal controls over financial management and reporting. The committee is comprised of the secretary-treasurer, who is the chairperson, and two or more members of the Executive Committee appointed by the president.
Staff Contact: Lisa Thompson, Deputy Director | 859.514.9154 | [email protected]
Awards Committee
The Awards Committee is charged with providing guidance on categories, eligibility and scoring criteria for the State IT Recognition Awards. Committee members also serve as judges for the program, reviewing and scoring nominations to determine finalists and recipients in the ten submission categories.
Being a member on this committee is a great avenue to network with other members, gain knowledge of state technology projects through the review process and ultimately honor outstanding state technology initiatives.
Meeting Schedule: This committee is active between March and August and meetings are scheduled as needed. A call for volunteers is issued each spring.
Staff Contact: Emily Lane, Program and Brand Director | 859.514.9167 | [email protected]
Nominations Committee
Staff Contact: Doug Robinson, Executive Director | 859.514.9153 | [email protected]
Programs Committee
The objective of the NASCIO Programs Committee is to help ensure relevant and actionable programming that is in line with members’ priorities, in an innovative manner.
The NASCIO Programs Committee is a great avenue for state and corporate members to become more involved in NASCIO and work together to develop outstanding programming for the midyear and annual conferences. The rewards of involvement include networking among members and experiencing the successful fruition of the program development at the conferences. The committee provides guidance on session topics, speakers, Give Back partners, and experiential components.
A call for volunteers is issued each November and the committee is set for the following year. Meetings will be scheduled as needed.
The committee is limited to ~20 members and is appointed by NASCIO leadership to ensure equitable participation by both state and corporate members.
Staff Contact: Emily Lane, Program and Brand Director | 859.514.9167 | [email protected]
Cybersecurity Forum
Issue Statement: To preserve government’s ability to serve citizens, state CIOs must help protect state IT systems and services, while preserving the privacy of personal and sensitive information within those systems. State governments meet this obligation in the context of the larger IT network that interconnects state, local, and federal systems and allows direct citizen interaction with government programs and services through the Internet. A major focus is integration and coordination of federal, state, local government, and private sector efforts that further a national cyber security agenda.
Goals and Objectives: Support NASCIO’s strategic objective of protecting the information technology infrastructure of the twenty-first century.
The committee focuses on the intersection between security and privacy to help state CIOs formulate high-level security and data protection policies and technical controls to secure the states’ information systems and protect the personal and sensitive information within them. The committee monitors new security and privacy threats created by emerging technologies, as well as federal privacy and security legislation for collateral impact on the states. The committee fulfills NASCIO’s goals of strengthening state CIOs’ awareness of important IT issues and promoting the sharing of best practices, experiences and expertise.
Committee Chair: Mark Raymond, State of Connecticut
Staff Contact: Alex Whitaker | 202.624.8477 | [email protected]
Enterprise Architecture & Governance Forum
Effective governance requires an essential element – enterprise architecture (EA). Enterprise architecture and governance work together to provide the operating discipline to ensure traceability from strategic business intent to the necessary capabilities that enable that intent. This approach ensures that state initiatives are aligned with overall strategy and assists state CIOs in making sound decisions for managing information-related assets, business services, supplier relationships, workforce, and effective integration and interoperability across these resources. NASCIO’s Enterprise Architecture & Governance (EA&G) program is in place to assist state CIOs in effectively defining governance, and to apply holistic enterprise architecture discipline and best practices for evaluating, planning, and implementing projects, programs, and management initiatives to utilize technology and best business practices to enhance the quality of services provided to constituents and provide programs with demonstrable benefits in a fiscally sound way.
As in the past, the EA&G forum will plan its initiatives to support and align with the NASCIO strategic plan, the Annual State CIO Survey, the NASCIO Top Ten priorities, and with current issues as they arise.
Co-Chairs: Alan Fuller, CIO, State of Utah; Jim Weaver, CIO, State of North Carolina
Staff Contact: Eric Sweden | 859.514.9189 | [email protected]
Privacy & Data Protection Forum
The Privacy and Data Protection Forum will be a place to discuss relevant issues in the states and to encourage state governments to create scalable tools and solutions for data protection. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, privacy practices and policies with respect to electronic communications, cloud services, location tracking, automatic license plate readers, unmanned aerial vehicles and IoT. The expected format is a sharing of best practices by states, presentations from chief privacy officers and information from other privacy professionals.
The forum focuses on the intersection between security and privacy to help state CIOs formulate high-level security and data protection policies and technical controls to secure the states’ information systems and protect the personal and sensitive information within them. The forum monitors new security and privacy threats created by emerging technologies, as well as federal privacy and security legislation for collateral impact on the states. The forum fulfills NASCIO’s goals of strengthening state CIOs’ awareness of important IT issues and promoting the sharing of best practices, experiences and expertise.
Committee Co-chairs: Ted Cotterill, State CPO, State of Indiana; Kathryn Ruckle, State CPO, State of Washington
Staff Contact: Amy Glasscock | 859.514.9148 | [email protected]
Women in State IT Forum
This is an open forum for communication about women in technology among state and corporate members.
Primary staff contacts:
Emily Lane | 859.514.9167 | [email protected]
Meredith Ward | 859.514.9209 | [email protected]
