Regionalization / Consolidation News and Articles

Brian Rawson Steps Down as Texas CTO

Oct 1, 2009 - Karen Robinson, director of administration and technology for the Office of the Governor, will serve as interim director.

Michigan Consolidates IT and Management and Budget Departments: Nov 20, 2009 - DIT Director Kenneth Theis will oversee the consolidation of the two departments and will become director of the new department.
Regional Permit Management System for Connecticut Cities and Towns: Nov 19, 2009 - By early 2010, the system will be deployed in eight Connecticut municipalities; many additional communities are already on track to join Phase 2.
Texas Releases Recommended Fixes for Data Center Consolidation: Nov 13, 2009 - Study commissioned by the Department of Information Resources cites bad morale, ineffective governance, data backup problems, among other issues -- and suggests Texas renegotiate its contract with IBM.
Maine Counties Obstruct Land Database, Says Plaintiff: Nov 11, 2009 - Intends to create a unified database of all the land records in Maine's 16 counties.
Oakland County, Mich., Shares Notification Service With Local Cities: Nov 9, 2009 - Oakland County, Mich., provides a unique digital communication platform to reach citizens.
State and Local IT News in Brief: Nov 4, 2009 - Virginia CIO discusses outsourcing issues, former New Orleans CIO loses civil suit.
Report: Interoperability Requires Improvements in Governance: Nov 2, 2009 - "IT governance can be viewed as a sorting process used to respond to an ongoing stream of demands and opportunities for IT development and use.
Virtualization: CIOs Find Benefits Beyond Savings: Nov 2, 2009 - Five benefits of server and endpoint virtualization include positively impacting security, worker agility and future IT initiatives.
Five Tips for Outsourcing or Sharing IT Resources: Oct 28, 2009 - Pennsylvania and Minneapolis are among successful shared services and outsourcing models.
Teri Takai on IT Security: Oct 21, 2009 - In a recent webinar, Takai talked about transparency, underserved areas of the state and protecting information online.
New York City Plans Consolidation, New 311 Services and Apps Competition: Oct 19, 2009 - New York City CIO Paul Cosgrave outlines tech initiatives.
Michigan Digital Government Summit Presents Excellence in Technology Awards: Oct 19, 2009 - For leadership, project management, visionary ability, applications, collaboration and innovation.
Indiana Cancels Huge Outsourced Welfare Modernization Plan: Oct 16, 2009 - Governor calls $1.6 billion plan flawed; IBM says modernization was working.
CTG Releases National Survey of Cross-Boundary Information Sharing: Oct 7, 2009 - Part of a long-term project to understand how governments share information across program, agency and jurisdictional boundaries as they work to improve programs and services.
NASCIO Receives DOJ Grant for State-Level Justice Information Sharing: Oct 6, 2009 - "This grant will make it possible to continue our work in data architecture, information sharing and the leveraging of the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) across state government."
Brian Rawson Steps Down as Texas CTO: Oct 1, 2009 - Karen Robinson, director of administration and technology for the Office of the Governor, will serve as interim director.
NASCIO Recommends State Data Transparency Sites: Sep 30, 2009 - "State government has already made much of its data public. We're providing guidance on how to make this data more accessible and available through a single state data portal."
Seattle CTO Bill Schrier Elected President of Metropolitan Information Exchange: Sep 30, 2009 - Schrier also chairs the King County Regional Communications Board and the Puget Sound Regional Interoperability Executive Committee.
Recommendations to New York State on IT Governance: Sep 28, 2009 - Five recommendations for enterprise IT investment.
Kentucky eWarrants System Moves Into Rural Areas: Sep 25, 2009 - Makes warrants available via the Law Enforcement Information Network of Kentucky (LINK).