Government Technology

Steve Towns, Editor

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Recent Articles

Michigan Releases Shared Data Center RFI
January 11, 2010 - State IT department seeks input on potential public-private partnership to build energy-efficient computing center.

Year in Review: Cloud Computing Gains Government Foothold
December 10, 2009 - State and local governments follow federal foray into cloud computing.

California Plans to Launch Information Security Operations Center
November 13, 2009 - Proposed California facility is part of new five-year information security strategy.

Federal CTO: Smart Grid, E-Health Records and Broadband Need CIO Input
October 29, 2009 - Aneesh Chopra says state CIOs should play key role in president's innovation agenda.

Indiana Cancels Huge Outsourced Welfare Modernization Plan
October 16, 2009 - Governor calls $1.6 billion plan flawed; IBM says modernization was working.

Audit Report Criticizes Massive Virginia IT Outsourcing Plan
October 14, 2009 - Vendor failed to plan appropriately, had poor grasp of agency needs, report claims.

Utah Creates Social Media Guidelines for Employees Who Blog, Tweet, Etc.
October 06, 2009 - New guidelines spell out what's appropriate for user-generated content from government.

Washington CTO Chris Willey Discusses Continuation of Apps for Democracy
September 29, 2009 - Washington, D.C., taps citizens for government applications using 311 call center database.

Google to Launch Government Cloud
September 15, 2009 - New cloud offering is designed for public sector, Google says, but state and local agencies still may need to adapt.

Michigan CIO Ken Theis Leads Effort to Bring IT Jobs to State
September 10, 2009 - Tech-based economic development initiative lures IBM, GE and others to Michigan.

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