Business Case Basics and Beyond: A Primer on State Government IT Business Cases

This primer provides tools, concepts and a framework for addressing a number of critical challenges facing state Governors, CIOs and enterprise information technology (IT) organizations. These include leadership transitions in the offices of many Governors and in state legislatures, increasing budget deficits, the departure and replacement of state CIOs and a number of other long term concerns. These challenges will likely impact state government’s ability to maintain the momentum of e-government implementation and meet the policy and service goals of the Governors in areas such as education, economic and workforce development, public safety, healthcare and the environment. Most importantly, these challenges may impact states’ ability to deliver services to citizens and customers.

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Proposed GSA Rule: New Policy on the .gov Domain

This brief provides an overview of the Proposed Rule promulgated by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) that made the .gov Top-Level Internet domain available for states, local governments and Native Sovereign Nations to register domain names for their official government websites.

 

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Creating Citizen-Centric Digital Government: A Guide for the States

This historical report presents the case for digital government. Noteworthy is that this report was published in 2001 before the official name change of the association from NASIRE to NASCIO. The vision outlined in this report anticipated that digital government would be continually enhanced and reinvented. It would be enabled by an adaptable enterprise architecture. Citizen data and privacy were highlighted as critical to ensuring a relationship of trust between citizens and their government. Finally, digital services must be reliable during adverse conditions. This report has a companion video production that outlines the content of this report. This report was truly a forward looking report and has stood the test of time.

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2001 NASCIO Future of Government