White Papers

Playing the Hand You Have Been Dealt
March 2011
By the Center for Digital Government

The Great Recession dealt government leaders a bad hand – and many are still struggling to recover. Find out how public CIOs can improve these poor hands by placing the right bets on information technology and strategically playing the game to help government operate faster, better and cheaper.

Shared Services: Leveraging a more effective and efficient delivery model in state and local government
February 2012
By the Center for Digital Government

This issue brief will discuss why a shared services model is key to an efficiently run government, offer successful strategies to manage and monitor this type of model, and provide steps on getting started.

Economic Game Changer: Powering the Next Generation Government
February 2012
By the Center for Digital Government

Download this white paper to find out how realizing technology’s total economic impact can help governments develop a game-changing economic strategy to better quality of life for constituents and improve communities.

Cutting the Cost of Government - Uniting Finance and Technology for Innovation
March 2011
By the Center for Digital Government

Discover six innovative financial and operational approaches that enable smarter investment in IT and deliver performance gains across all facets of government.

Shared Services Today: An Integrated Path to the Cloud
February 2012
By the Center for Digital Government

Read this white paper to find out the four pillars you need to know to help build a shared services framework and start your agency on a path to finding money-saving economies of scale and offering new services.

Real Value from the Cloud: Moving beyond personal productivity
January 2012
By the Center for Digital Government

Read this white paper to find out the next class of cloud solutions that holds great promise for government.

Abandoning the High Cost of Traditional Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
January 2012
By the Center for Digital Government

Read this issue brief to learn how modern enterprise content management can integrate seamlessly, introduce transparency and help enhance your agency’s agility and productivity.

Fluid Data Architecture: Transforming Government Data into a Strategic Asset
January 2012
By the Center for Digital Government

Read this solution brief to learn how governments are using Fluid Data Architecture to dynamically manage organizational data throughout its lifecycle.

Document Driven Process Automation and Human Services
January 2012
By the Center for Digital Government

Read this Center for Digital Government issue to find out how document-driven process automation can drastically accelerate workflow in state and local government human services agencies.

Best Practices for Selecting Document Management Solutions in Government
January 2012
By the Center for Digital Government

This Center for Digital Government issue brief identifies some of the key considerations leaders can make when investing in a document management solution and best practices for implementation.

E-mail in the Cloud: Reducing Cost and Complexity
January 2012
By the Center for Digital Government

Read this issue brief to learn how migrating e-mail to the cloud can ease storage, security and management concerns, and also drastically reduce costs for government and education entities.

E-Discovery Solutions for Government: Ensuring information is tracked and readily available
January 2012
By the Center for Digital Government

Read this Center for Digital Government issue brief to find out how e-discovery software can help government agencies keep up to date with reporting requirements for digital records.

Lifting the Security Burden: A Cybersecurity Strategy for the Public Sector
December 2011
By the Center for Digital Government

Read this issue brief to find out how government can effectively address cybersecurity issues and develop a comprehensive security strategy in spite of budgetary and staffing challenges.

Securing Online Government Services: Keeping citizen data safe with advanced authentication
December 2011
By the Center for Digital Government

Read this issue brief to find out how advanced authentication can lead to the success of a government agency’s eGovernment initiative.

The People-Centered Universe: Fresh Thinking on Government IT Modernization
November 2011
By the Center for Digital Government

This white paper describes how health and human services agencies are leading a shift in government technology that puts the citizen at the center instead of the IT system. These agencies are blazing a trail for other government agencies that leads to improvements in quality, efficiency, productivity, cost and customer service.

Special Report: Cloud Computing
November 2011
Cloud computing best practices from state and local government. Learn everything from cloud basics, delivery, trends and how to succeed.

Government IT Reform: Collaborating for New Solutions
October 2011
By the Center for Digital Government

Download this paper to find out 5 strategies – pulled from The 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management – that will help state and local governments implement IT reform.

Lowering Government Costs by Improving Workflow for Field Employees
October 2011
By the Center for Digital Government

This brief – a supplement to the paper, “Controlling the Cost of Government: PC Refresh and Transformative Technologies” – takes a deeper look at the best practice strategy of improving workflow for field employees in state and local government.

Lower Government Costs by Standardizing Enterprise IT
October 2011
By the Center for Digital Government

This brief – a supplement to the paper, “Controlling the Cost of Government: PC Refresh and Transformative Technologies” – takes a deeper look at the best practice strategy of standardizing enterprise IT in state and local government.

How to Lower Government Costs with Mobile Computing
October 2011
By the Center for Digital Government

This brief – a supplement to the paper, “Controlling the Cost of Government: PC Refresh and Transformative Technologies” – takes a deeper look at the best practice strategy of mobile computing in state and local government.