Regionalization / Consolidation News and Articles

Teri Takai presents 2009 California IT Visionary award to Davood Ghods

Davood Ghods, Fred Klass: California's IT Visionaries 2009

May 19, 2009 - CDFA is recognized both locally and nationally as a leader in California state government for IT governance and project and portfolio management.

CIO Brenda Orth on Pennsylvania's Outsourcing Success Story: Jun 24, 2009 - Pennsylvania's IT consolidation and centralization saves state millions.
Nevada Controller Proposes XBRL-Based State Business Portal: Jun 24, 2009 - XBRL is an XML-based independent, royalty-free standard which stores data and its relationships in a manner that can be read and processed by computers and software.
Web Site Helps Coordinate National United We Serve Initiative: Jun 22, 2009 - The United We Serve Web site will help volunteers find projects in their communities and exchange stories about projects that make a difference in their communities.
Texas Consolidation Saves Money Despite Delays, Report Says: Jun 16, 2009 - Statewide consolidation plan has reduced costs by $11 million over past two years, accounting firm finds.
City of San Carlos, Calif., Wins Award For Climate Action Plan: Jun 11, 2009 - City intends to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 15 percent below 2005 levels and has developed a Climate Action Plan to make it happen.
Missouri CIO Bill Bryan Focuses on Consolidation and Web Improvements: Jun 2, 2009 - Bill Bryan also looks to boost unified communications and collaboration capabilities.
Davood Ghods, Fred Klass: California's IT Visionaries 2009: May 19, 2009 - CDFA is recognized both locally and nationally as a leader in California state government for IT governance and project and portfolio management.
HP CEO Mark Hurd: Technology Transformation Takes Commitment, Investment: May 13, 2009 - HP slashed servers and software applications. The experience holds lessons for California.
California IT Consolidation Proceeding as Planned: May 12, 2009 - State CIO Teri Takai says California information technology consolidation plan is in effect.
Feds Sign More Agreements With Social Networking Sites: May 4, 2009 - Other federal agencies can now choose to sign the same agreement if it meets their needs because it resolves the legal concerns for federal agencies.
Colorado Seeking Ideas for Shared Services From Private Sector: Apr 17, 2009 - Responses to request for information are due June 1.
GIS Helps State Understand "Unintended Things," Says California's Geographic Information Officer: Apr 15, 2009 - "What GIS allows us to do is provide a collaborative environment to understand unintended things that we didn't first get when we looked at the map."
Georgia Outsourcing Deal with IBM and AT&T Consolidates IT Operations: Apr 15, 2009 - California chief information security officer Mark Weatherford writes on federal cyber-security.
Washington State's Financial Crisis Jump-Starts Reform (Opinion): Apr 10, 2009 - Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire's shared services directive aims to reduce government costs.
Obama Announces Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record for Veterans: Apr 9, 2009 - Departments will work together to define and build a system that will ultimately contain administrative and medical information from the day an individual enters military service throughout their military career, and after they leave the military.
Colorado Initiates Transparency Program: Apr 7, 2009 - Executive order requires the Office of Information and Technology and the Office of the State Controller to establish a continuous improvement process.
California's Carlos Ramos Joins Private Sector: Apr 6, 2009 - Was responsible for a $4.5 billion portfolio of California's largest technology projects and has been a key leader on many of the state's technology initiatives.
Microsoft Introduces On-Demand Cloud Solutions for Government: Apr 1, 2009 - Subscription-based cloud computing model offers six new applications ranging from public records tracking to case management and student information systems.
Top 50 Government Innovations for 2009 Announced by JFK School: Apr 1, 2009 - Fifty innovations selected from 600 applicants.
Rhode Island Posts Transparency Portals, Tweets: Mar 30, 2009 - Financial transparency sites for the Office of Governor and Department of Transportation.