Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration: Lessons from Current Practice & Upcoming Priorities

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For the past decade and more, shared services in government have focused on standardizing and consolidating digital networks, data, and applications. This work is shifting control over operations upward from the program or agency level to the agency-wide or jurisdiction-wide level. Progress has often been contentious and difficult, but is now picking up speed. As digital opportunities continue to expand, new cloud-based collaboration will be required across jurisdictional boundaries. Local governments will need to partner with other local governments, state governments with other state governments, and state and local governments with each other and the federal government as well as with private sector providers. This webinar will explore such opportunities, primarily through case studies from Michigan and Ohio. By the end of the session we would like all participants to have a clearer sense of what kinds of cross-boundary collaboration are now under way, what approaches need more attention, and how to get started in the upcoming post-election period.

 

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State Governments at Risk: Turning Strategy and Awareness into Progress

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The 2016 Cybersecurity Survey; ‘State Governments at Risk: Turning Strategy and Awareness into Progress’, reports findings and analysis of a comprehensive survey of State Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) conducted by NASCIO in partnership with Deloitte. The results of the 2016 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study highlights the fact that challenges still exist, but cybersecurity is becoming part of the fabric of government operations.

 

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NASCIO & NIEM Working Together

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This webinar presents a discussion on how government can improve its effectiveness through better collaboration and information sharing. Examples of intergovernmental collaborative projects are presented by state and local government recipients of the Best of NIEM awards.

What is NIEM? What should you know about the power of NIEM? As highlighted in NASCIO’s 2016 Advocacy Priorities, many, if not all, federal, state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) government agencies require some form of information sharing. To address this growing need, the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is being utilized by all levels of government to advance information sharing efforts and improve the combined performance of agencies and jurisdictions that share information. State government agencies in justice, law enforcement, human services, emergency management and others can reap the benefits of a common framework for information exchange.

NIEM can save organizations time and money by providing consistent, reusable, and repeatable data terms, definitions, and processes. Although NIEM is ten years old, more awareness, education and broader adoption is needed.

Watch this webinar to learn more about the NIEM Program and ways organizations can leverage NIEM for information exchange. The webinar presents the Best of NIEM 2015 winners and shares their stories of how NIEM has helped their organizations improve performance, increase efficiencies, and advance their mission.

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State of Michigan and State of Connecticut on Cyber Disruption

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NASCIO Innovations Forum: State of Michigan and State of Connecticut on Cyber Disruption

Learn how the states of Michigan and Connecticut developed their respective State Government Cyber Disruption Response Plans.

Panelists:

Chris Christensen Director of Office of Infrastructure Protection Department of Technology Management & Budget State of Michigan
David Geick Director, IT Security DAS/Bureau of Enterprise Systems and Technology State of Connecticut

Sheri DeVaux IT Security Manager DAS/Bureau of Enterprise Systems and Technology State of Connecticut

Host:
Eric Sweden, MBA, MSIH
Program Director, Enterprise Architecture & Governance
NASCIO

 

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State of Georgia’s Investment Strategy and Portfolio Management

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Information Technology Investment Management (IT/IM) – What does it mean for state government?

Both industry and governments are challenged to find better, more effective and reliable ways to deliver services to consumers and citizens. Organizations must adapt to the challenges of technology complexity, regulations and change while delivering more for less. IT/IM integrates several methodologies to ensure the limited dollars invested in technology provide the best outcome possible. The state of Georgia will share their approach as well as provide a practical guide to IT/IM for others.

Presenter:
Tom Fruman
Director, Enterprise Governance and Planning
Georgia Technology Authority
State of Georgia

Tom Fruman is Director of Enterprise Governance and Planning (EGAP) for the Georgia Technology Authority. EGAP promotes an enterprise approach to technology by establishing statewide policies, standards and guidelines based on industry best practices and federal requirements. It works closely with the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget and state agencies to ensure an individual agency’s IT strategy aligns with its overall business strategy and business continuity planning.

Prior to his current position, Fruman was the Director of Enterprise Portfolio Management, an office in EGAP that oversees technology investments for Georgia state government. In his almost 30-year career in technology management, he has worked in multiple capacities, including as a project executive, business development executive, consultant, researcher, worldwide deployment leader, project manager and programmer.

Host: 
Eric Sweden, MBA, MSIH
Program Director, Enterprise Architecture & Governance
NASCIO

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Commonwealth of Virginia’s EIA Strategy and NIEM Integration Plan

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Commonwealth of Virginia’s EIA Strategy and NIEM Integration Plan

The Commonwealth of Virginia has completed an eight-month strategic planning process to develop an Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) strategy.  A central element of the EIA strategy involves building exchanges for “citizen-centric” data that conform with the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM).

Virginia’s NIEM integration plan will enable the state government to comply with new statutory requirements for standardizing Person data and promote enhanced capabilities for business-driven information exchanges.

This webinar will provide insight on Virginia’s emerging EIA strategy and NIEM integration planning.  The primary focus will be on Virginia’s EIA strategic plan and successful implementation of the NIEM Engagement Process.

Host: 
Eric Sweden, MBA, MSIH
Program Director, Enterprise Architecture & Governance
NASCIO

Presenter:
Dr. Joseph W. Grubbs
Commonwealth Data Governance Service Lead &
Health Information Technology Standards
Advisory Committee (HITSAC) Administrator
Enterprise Solutions and Governance Directorate
Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA)
www.vita.virginia.gov

Joseph W. Grubbs, Ph.D., serves as the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Enterprise Information Architect and Service Lead for the Data Governance Group in the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA).  In that capacity, he acts under the direction of the Secretary of Technology, CIO of the Commonwealth and the Enterprise Solutions and Governance Directorate to manage the state government’s Enterprise Information Architecture Program.  Dr. Grubbs also administers Virginia’s Health Information Technology Standards Advisory Committee (HITSAC). He has a Ph.D. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the University of Delaware and a Master’s of Public Administration from the University of Central Florida.

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The Changing Roles of the Chief Architect and the CIO

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Three important findings have combined to motivate this topic:

  • #1 Poor data management performance to date (requires additional or difference effort)
  • #2 Recognition that data is not a project (requires a difference approach)
  • #3 Lack of domain expertise (requires different career preparation)

Combined these three findings require a new look at these roles.  This webinar will explore the role of a Chief Data Officer (CDO) as a function needed by organizations (especially state governments).  While we don’t yet have all the answers, we can at least lay out three necessary but insufficient prerequisites to making progress faster than we have achieved to date.

Host:
Eric Sweden,
Program Director, Enterprise Architecture & Governance
NASCIO

Presenter:
Dr. Peter Aiken
Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems/VCU
President:  DAMA-International  http://dama.org

Peter Aiken, Ph. D. is widely acclaimed as one of the top ten data management authorities in the world.  In addition to examining the data management practices of more than 500 organizations, he has spent multi-year immersions with organizations as diverse as the U.S. Department of Defense, Deutsche Bank, Nokia, Wells Fargo, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and numerous other high profile clients.  As President of DAMA International, his expertise in the practice is unquestioned.  He has been an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Business Information Systems Department since 1993 and owns Data Blueprint, an award-winning data management and IT consulting firm.
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Driving Efficiency and Innovation by Consistently Managing Complexity and Change

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This presentation outlines the four pillars of a Holistic Enterprise Architecture: architectural models, framework, methodology, and implementation/solution models. It also explains the business and technology gains, and demystifies the practice of implementing a successful Holistic Enterprise Architecture.

Agenda:

  • The Four Pillars of Holistic Enterprise Architecture
  • Business and Technology Gains Achieved through Enterprise Architecture
  • How to Implement Successful Holistic Enterprise Architecture

Host:
Eric Sweden,
Program Director, Enterprise Architecture & Governance
NASCIO

Presenter:
Samuel B Holcman
Pinnacle Business Group, Inc.
Enterprise Architecture Center Of Excellence (EACOE)
Business Architecture Center Of Excellence (BACOE)

Summary:
This presentation outlines the four pillars of a Holistic Enterprise Architecture: architectural models, framework, methodology, and implementation/solution models. It also explains the business and technology gains, and demystifies the practice of implementing a successful Holistic Enterprise Architecture.

It is only within the past 20 years that we have begun to develop an art and science for identifying and defining the graphical and textual descriptions of whole enterprises. Until this time, any art or science that we had related to this endeavor pertained to parts of enterprises – for example, organizational design and/or systems development. Because the focus of this presentation is on Enterprise Architecture, have there been successful enterprises that were never architected?

Yes. However, they were successful in relation to other non-architected enterprises. Moreover, the pace of change was slower in the industrial age, compared with the information age of today. Contemporary enterprises have to be able to adjust much more rapidly to meet changing demands in the face of global competition. This makes it critical to have readily available descriptive representations of one’s enterprise to use as a basis for making change.

The age-old question now arises in enterprises:

  • How can one change something that one cannot “see”?
  • How does one “see” an enterprise?

This is Holistic Enterprise Architecture.

DISCLAIMER
NASCIO makes no endorsement, express or implied, of any products, services, or websites contained herein, nor is NASCIO responsible for the content or the activities of any linked websites. Any questions should be directed to the administrators of the specific sites to which this publication provides links. All critical information should be independently verified.

This project was supported by Grant No. 2010-DJ-BX-K046 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Hawaii Integrated Information Sharing and the Open Justice Broker Consortium

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Join us to learn how the state of Hawaii has partnered with state and local government to share justice information using NIEM, and the Global Reference Architecture (GRA).

The presentation will focus on the Hawaii Integrated Justice Information Sharing (HIJIS) program, the state of Maine Incident Reporting Service, and the Open Justice Broker Consortium (OJBC).  The HIJIS program involves Hawaii’s state, county, and federal justice and related non-justice agencies for timely sharing of justice-related information.  The state of Maine has also joined the consortium as a contributing partner.  The OJBC is a consortium of state and local justice information sharing partnerships that is developing and supporting an open source, standards-based platform to enable information sharing services for HIJIS and its other member jurisdictions.  More information on the OJBC and how to join as a partner is provided at www.ojbc.org.

Host:
Eric Sweden,
Program Director, Enterprise Architecture & Governance
NASCIO

Presenters:
Clay A. Sato
Data Processing Systems Manager
Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center
Department of the Attorney General

Glenda Winn
Systems Analyst
Office of Information Technology
Maine State Police

Scott Came
Deputy Executive Directo

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