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New Jersey Digital Government Summit
May 8 - 9, 2008 - Trenton Marriott at Lafayette Yard The purpose of the event is to foster discussion and dialogue on the use of information technology as a strategic tool for managers, executives and policy makers.
GTC West presents The Conference on California's Future
May 12-16, 2008 - As the nation's fastest growing most populous and ethnically diverse state, California ranks as one of the top economic regions on the planet. As perhaps no other time in its history California's public sector faces challenges and opportunities like never before in areas such as:
Transportation
Education
Environment
Public Safety
Health and Human Services
Technology & Telecommunications
Tennessee Digital Government Summit
May 22, 2008 - Doubletree Hotel Nashville
The Tennessee Digital Government Summit provides a great opportunity for state, county and municipal IT staff to come together discuss the new and emerging technologies and solutions the marketplace has to offer.

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Shared Services and Work Force Issues Add to My GT:
May 8, 2008 - Employees often benefit from a move to shared services.
SOA Reduces Risk and Cost in Shared Services Projects Add to My GT:
May 7, 2008 - Service-oriented architecture offers low-risk, low-cost building blocks for creating shared services in government.
Shared Service Keeps Inglewood, Calif., Competitive for Parking Ticket Processing Add to My GT:
May 7, 2008 - Public-private partnership lets California city upgrade multi-jurisdiction processing service.
IT Staff Concerned with Federal Government's Slow SOA Adoption Rate Add to My GT:
Apr 23, 2008 - "With SOA, government agencies can continue to use the systems that work best for them and extend their lifetime, while avoiding costly 'rip and replace' strategies."
OMB's Chief Architect on The Practical Guide to Federal Service Oriented Architecture Add to My GT:
Apr 23, 2008 - SOA is the key from moving from a vertical to a horizontal viewpoint.
Funding for Shared Services Add to My GT:
Apr 4, 2008 - Challenges exist, but there are numerous strategies for funding success.
UK Police Authority Signs Shared Services Agreement Add to My GT:
Mar 24, 2008 - Police Authority aims to radically improve the services provided by the Constabulary as well as securing police staff jobs at a time of ever-tightening budgets.
Minnesota to Consolidate E-Mail and Calendaring Systems Add to My GT:
Mar 7, 2008 - Upon completion in 2010, 32,000 state employees will be on the new system.
IT Leaders Must Place IT Modernization at Core of 2008 Objectives, Says Gartner Add to My GT:
Feb 26, 2008 - By year-end 2010, more than one-third of all application projects will be driven by the need to deal with technology or skills obsolescence.
Technology Populism Will Drive the Next Wave of IT Adoption, Says Report Add to My GT:
Feb 25, 2008 - "For many employees, the telephone and e-mail are being replaced by text messaging, instant messaging, and mobile devices, such as iPhones and BlackBerrys, and social computing tools like Facebook and Wikipedia."
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Featured Articles

Shared Services and Work Force Issues

May 8, 2008 - Employees often benefit from a move to shared services.


Exploring Shared Services Options
Dec 6, 2007 - Finding shared services opportunities that make sense for the organization.
Shared Services: Obstacles and Solutions
Jan 9, 2008 - Sharing services can be a complex process, but there are answers.
Shared Services SLAs
Feb 12, 2008 - Understanding what's in service-level agreements and how to get what you need from them.  
Shared Services and Public-Private Collaborations
Mar 4, 2008 - Public and private sectors work together in many ways.
Funding for Shared Services
Apr 4, 2008 - Challenges exist, but there are numerous strategies for funding success.

Making Sense for the Public Sector
Following private-sector lead, government is showing more interest in shared services.

Shared Services Survey Executive Summary
All aspects of this survey including hosting, sorting, editing, tabulation and report preparation were completed by Government Technology magazine.

Shared Services: Making the Best Available to Everyone

Internet Seminar for State & Local Government

Drowning in Your Data? Find the Answers with Enterprise Business Intelligence for the Public Sector
An I-seminar presentation from Oracle Open World.

Oracle Solutions for Government
An I-seminar presentation from Oracle Open World.

Oracle GRC Applications Suite for Public Administrations: The Path to Strengthening Citizen Confidence
An I-seminar presentation from Oracle Open World.

Efficiency and Responsiveness
An Extreme Government Makeover
Better insights, adaptive processes, less costly operations -- turning these pipe dreams into reality requires next-generation enterprise applications. Public sector organizations are using middleware to streamline operations, make more accurate decisions and secure sensitive information.

Middleware Takes Center Stage
Addressing integration challenges, while laying the foundation for deploying and maintaining a service-oriented architecture (SOA) requires a comprehensive middleware solution that does more than merely serve as the glue to link operational data and applications.

Improve Efficiency and Responsiveness
Faced with intense pressure to quickly and efficiently provide services and information, most government organizations are saddled with systems that fail to provide an enterprise-wide view.

Business Intelligence for the Masses
In a perfect world, government would have immediate web-based access to a comprehensive and integrated suite of analytic tools that would assist in informed decision-making to further agency mission goals.

Collaboration
Cashing in on the Oracle/Siebel Connection
Performance-driven government shifts processes to efficiently address citizen needs. Replacing cumbersome tools and inefficient, paper-based processes facilitates the delivery of 'world-class' services that will satisfy constituents, businesses, partners and legislators.

Plugging into SOA
To overcome the complexity of their applications and IT environments, government agencies are turning to service-oriented architectures. SOA provides a more simplified IT environment that leverages existing technology, while delivering improved visibility, flexibility and speedier operations.

Converting Case Files into Constituent Views
Centralized government contact centers enable employees to manage cases and workloads, providing agencies with a singular view of citizens. This can help achieve efficiencies via cross-agency collaboration and service delivery.

Revenue Generation
Raising the Government's BI IQ
When it comes to business intelligence, the end goals are better decisions, more informed investments and more efficient processes. Interactive dashboards, full ad hoc queries, proactive alerts, enterprise and financial reporting, real-time predictive intelligence and disconnected analytics can raise any organization's IQ.

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Blueprint for Change
Enterprise architecture ensures a healthy future for governments.