Government Technology

Liza Lowery Massey

Liza Lowery Massey served as a public-sector IT executive for nearly 20 years, including as CIO of Los Angeles. She then established the CIO Collaborative to provide public-sector research, benchmarking and consulting services. She also teaches at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Twitter: @govtechnews

Recent Articles

People, Processes and Politics Can Obstruct Good IT Projects (Opinion)
December 17, 2010 - Technology itself is seldom the problem. Resistance to change sometimes is.

Marketing the Value of IT (Opinion)
October 12, 2010 - Reminding government that IT enables and improves the delivery of services.

IT Leadership: Art or Science? (Opinion)
July 22, 2010 - Hard and soft skills are required for public-sector IT leadership.

Poor Project Management Dooms Many IT Projects (Opinion)
June 14, 2010 - Organizations need practical application of fundamental project management principles.

Procurement Often Pits Bureaucracy Against Best Practice (Opinion)
April 27, 2010 - Abandoning tried-and-true procurement practices in the name of efficiency can cause more harm than good.

CIOs: Do You Have a Strategy to Remain Relevant? (Opinion)
January 25, 2010 - Even public CIOs aren't immune to downsizing and layoffs.

CIOs and Vendors: A Complex Relationship (Opinion)
January 13, 2010 - When a vendor calls, do you talk or run for cover?

Despite Wikis and Other Web 2.0 Tools, Government Collaboration Is Still Slow to Catch On
August 27, 2009 - Public CIOs struggle to make government agency collaboration a reality.

Firing a Public CIO for Telling the Truth Sets a Bad Precedent at Many Levels (Opinion)
July 17, 2009 - Virginia CIO Lem Stewart's firing seems to be punishment for spotlighting problems with the state's contract with Northrop Grumman.

Cloud Computing: CIOs Should Consider its Benefits (Opinion)
May 26, 2009 - Cloud computing offers resources for software computing power, infrastructure and storage.

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Collaboration for the Public Sector


Collaborative Justice: Transforming Criminal Justice Services Through Unified Collaboration
This issue brief examines video collaboration in every stage of the human justice process, demonstrating how this technology can not only make services more efficient, affordable, and accessible.

Cloud-Based Services Accelerate Public Sector Adoption of Video Collaboration
Today, thanks to new cloud technologies and high-quality networks, mobile video services - which provide not only cost savings but which help governmental interactions become more efficient - are more feasible than ever before.

Modernization as a Service: Acquiring IT through Innovative Procurement

Five Ways Collaboration is Driving Government Performance

Mobile Video Collaboration: The New Business Reality
 

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