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The 2013 State CIO Survey: The Enterprise Imperative

October 14, 2013/in Survey Business Case Development, Cloud Services, Consolidation/Optimization, Cross-Boundary Collaboration, Cybersecurity, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Mobile Technology, Procurement, Project and Portfolio Management, Social Media/by Able Engine

NASCIO, TechAmerica, and Grant Thornton LLP have collaborated for a fourth year on the annual survey of state government IT leaders. The 2013 survey report, The Enterprise Imperative, offers the latest insights from State CIOs and concludes these leaders are emphasizing effective enterprise governance models, adopting business disciplines, and forging the right relationships for collaboration. The 2012 survey – Advancing the C4 Agenda – focused on the balancing act that CIOs must maintain both in providing high-quality services and in delivering new, innovative solutions. These demands have not decreased over the past year. CIOs are responding by focusing on the enterprise, and by coordinating across boundaries. The enterprise focus may involve integrating governance and portfolio management across the state, improving the effectiveness of IT procurement, or deploying statewide identity and access management solutions.

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Examining State Social Media Policies: Closing the Gaps

June 5, 2013/in Publication Digital Government/Services, Governance, Information Sharing, Mobile Technology, Social Media/by Able Engine

The issue brief focuses on state use of social media, specifically on state social media participation policies (“SMPP’s”). NASCIO’s Legal Advisory Working Group took a look at 31 SMPPs, which focus specifically on guidance/policy given to state employees regarding their participation in social media.

States have come a long way in the past few years, with the majority implementing social media policies or working towards one. However, some of the gaps found have the potential to open up states to some severe heartburn: including employee discontent, management concerns, public perception and liability.

The issue brief also addresses the inclusion of clauses on confidentiality, ethical conduct, security and privacy, and transparency in SMPP’s.

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The 2012 State CIO Survey: Advancing the C4 Agenda

October 1, 2012/in Survey Broadband, Budget Finance & Funding, Cloud Services, Consolidation/Optimization, Data Management/Analytics, Governance, Health Information Technology, Innovation and Transformation, Leadership, Mobile Technology, Procurement, Social Media, Technology Workforce/by Able Engine

NASCIO, TechAmerica, and Grant Thornton LLP have collaborated on the third annual survey of state government IT leaders. Since the last survey of state chief information officers (CIOs) in 2011 – A New C4 Agenda (Consolidation, Collaboration, Clout, and Change) – we find that CIOs continue to be confronted with myriad responsibilities and leadership challenges. Some of these focus on continuing to provide many high-quality IT services to state agencies and employees (such as email and networking) as well as to citizens (such as online registration and licensing). Others focus on procuring, implementing, and managing new IT services, such as cloud platforms, mobile devices and applications, and social media. CIOs must maintain a balancing act, not allowing either the old or the new to dominate their attention.

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Friends, Followers, and Feeds: A National Survey of Social Media Use in State Government

September 27, 2010/in Survey Social Media/by Able Engine

In the summer of 2010, NASCIO’s Social Media Working Group implemented a survey of social media adoption by state governments to clarify existing use of social media by states and extend its knowledge of how the tools are being deployed in state governments across the country. The survey examined adoption trends, current applications and expectations of social media technologies, the extent to which implementation is governed by formal policies or individual agency initiative, and perceptions of risk associated with social media tool use. This brief reports on the survey results, and makes recommendations about next steps states need to take as they adapt these tools to expand engagement with citizens and improve government programs.

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