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GTC East

GTC East

While technology has improved and streamlined many state and local government operations, said presenters at September's Eastern Region Government Technology Conference in Albany, N.Y., major hurdles remain, and vast new challenges approach. An estimated 7,000 people attended to celebrate successes, share ideas and plan the next battles.

SOLUTIONS
Jim Barksdale, president and CEO of Netscape Communications, keynoted the conference on Sept. 17, highlighting what the Internet has brought in terms of efficiency and return on investment to public- and private-sector organizations. Huge investment returns in Internet connectivity, however, still do not begin to reflect the improvements in quality of service resulting from many Internet-based services, he said.

The conference Solutions Center showcased many such examples of improved service and efficiency in New York State
government agencies, including the Comptroller's Office, State Thruway Authority, Department of Public Service, Office for the Aging, Department of Motor Vehicles, Center for Advanced Technology, Office of Real Property Services, Technology Enterprise Corp., Interdepartmental Committee on Electronic Data Processing, State University of New York, Emergency Management Office, Education Department, Training Council, Center for Technology in Government, Department of Social Services and more.

Also, the National League of Cities, Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State, Rensselaer County, N.Y., Development and Planning and other public- and private-sector organizations presented their solutions.

BEST OF THE WEB
Florida repeated this year as the Best of the Web for states, followed by the Washington State Department of Transportation and the California Department of Education.

New York City took top honors in Local Government Web sites -- up from third place last year -- followed by Seattle and Indianapolis (see "Best of the Web," p.38 of this issue).


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Richard Jackson and Peter Poleto with New York DMV "dummies" at the Government Solutions Center.




Sharon Mancuso of the New York State Office of Real Property Services receives special recognition from chair of the 1997 Government Technology Conference Advisory Board Richard E. Jackson. New York's latest version of its Real Property System was showcased in the Government Solutions Center.
Anthony Suraci,
Industry Advisor
from The Gartner
Group.





Lisa Thiel, sales
manager for GT Press.


Solution Center award-winners Amy Jones and Nathan King for the New York State Center for Advance Technology in Automation and Robotics.

Peter Poleto, Information Resource Management director for New York Department of Motor Vehicles.





Barbara Fulton, National Director, Government Technology Conference, Connie Mitchell Dean, Industry Advisor from Microsoft Corp., and Michael Nevins, director, State Technologies Inc.

Also receiving special recognition are Jennifer Depew and Angel Castro of the New York State Training Council for Tele-Training in NYS Government, a project to increase the state's ability to educate its employees using new technologies.




Government Technology Publisher Don Pearson

25.Ian Herman, Microsoft Exhibitor, with Don Pearson and Evelyn Wulf.




Ron Kuhnel, V.P. Regulatory Affairs, InsWEB Corporation,
Bill Slaton, senior vice president, The MLC Group Inc., and P.K. Agarwal, California CIO, Franchise Tax Board, Technology Division.

Sharon Cocco,
New York State Interdepartmental Committee on Electronic Data Processing at the Government Solutions Center receiving recognition for the ICEDP Web site.





Fred Valvo of the New York State Thruway Authority Toll Ticket Project, showcased in the Government Solutions Center.
Richard Jackson and Winsome Foderingham, Education Program coordinator, Center for Technology in Government.




Don Pearson and
Steve Borchers from
SAP America Inc.




Frederick Rauch,
Director of State
and Local Government, MicroAge,
Steve Borchers and
Jim Wynan of Compaq.
Anne Marie Rainville, New York State Office for Technology, Dr. Sharon Dawes, director, Center for Technology in Government, University of Albany and Ruth Mockus, GTC Industry Advisor from Compaq Computer Corp.




Government Technology's Eastern Regional Director Maureen Torncello and General Manager Susan Sweetland.



Kirk Appleman,
managing sales director
for Cabletron Systems.

Kevin McCartin, account executive for Lexmark, and Jerry Stein, regional manager for Gateway 2000 during the conference reception.




Harold Berkowitz, director of New Jersey Legislature Data Management and member of the Government Advisory Board.


Gopal Kapur.

Tammy Beaudet of Compaq
at the Exhibitor Show.



George Mitchell, government advisor and deputy commissioner for New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.




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Wayne E. Hanson served as a writer and editor with e.Republic from 1989 to 2013, having worked for several business units including Government Technology magazine, the Center for Digital Government, Governing, and Digital Communities. Hanson was a juror from 1999 to 2004 with the Stockholm Challenge and Global Junior Challenge competitions in information technology and education.