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NASCIO Announces Technology Innovation Awards Finalists
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Winners of technology innovation awards in state government will be named at NASCIO's annual conference in September in Miami. - Massachusetts IT Consolidation Continues Despite CIO's Departure - Aug 3
- Federal CIO's Techstat Initiative Seeks to Diagnose Troubled IT Initiatives and Deliver Quick Treatment - Aug 3
- State CIOs Want Better IT Governance and Strengthened Organizations, Survey Finds - Jul 28
- Texas Officials Await IBM Response to Data Center Contract Warning - Jul 27
Leadership Strategies & Careers
- Mobile Work Force Struggles to Find Work-Life Balance
- California Creates Portal for State's 10,000 IT Workers
- Preserving CIOs' Legacies Under New State Governor Administrations
IT Management & Governance
- Louisville, Ky., Expands Fiscal Transparency Portal to Include Vendor Contract Details
- Texas Says It Will Seek New Data Center Contractors
- CIO Sam Nixon Tries to Fix Virginia's IT Outsourcing Effort
Research
- NASCIO Releases State-by-State Report on Health IT Projects
- U.S. Ranked 18th in World for Average Broadband Speed
- Report: Interoperability Requires Improvements in Governance
Enterprise Technology
- Northrop Grumman Vows to Find Cause of Virginia Server Meltdown as Fix Nears
- 4 Questions to Ask About Cloud Computing
- Virginia Fixing Computer Outage Affecting State Agencies
Case Studies & Interviews
- Online-Only Western Governors University Could be New Model for Education
- CIO Mark Bengel Discusses Tennessee's Consolidation Efforts
- Melodie Mayberry-Stewart Blazes a Trail as New York State CIO
Advice & Opinion
- Cloud Computing Needs a Meteorologist (Opinion)
- CIOs Are People Too (Opinion)
- Undercover CTO: Spending Time on the Front Lines (Opinion)
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Securing GovSpace
By Mark Weatherford: Musings on the latest rumors and news in the government cyber-security arena.
Open Source Software - Rational or Risky Business?
Howard Schmidt gets the nod from President Obama
Lohrmann on Infrastructure
By Dan Lohrmann: Discussions on the virtual tsunami of technology challenges and options government faces today, from hot stimulus projects to cloud computing.
Intel is Buying McAfee: What's Next?
New Cloud Computing Offerings for Government: Yes, They Are Game-Changers
Should Governments Join Banks in Seeking Customers' Help Online?
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Online-Only Western Governors University Could be New Model for Education
- Aug 24, 2010
The need for affordable and flexible education rings truer today than ever before. According to the College Board's 2009 Trends in College Pricing report, the cost of higher education is rising: Tuition for in-state residents at public four-year institutions was about $7,020 for the 2009-2010 academic year, bringing the total cost for one academic year to more than $19,000 when books and living expenses are included. This means a four-year degree at a public university costs nearly $80,000, and according to the same report, a private four-year degree costs twice that -- $160,000.
And governors will continue cutting higher education budgets, which will drive further increases in tuition costs, said John Thomasian, director of the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. The lack of affordability combined with the complexity of student financial aid threatens higher education's accessibility, said David Breneman, the Newton and Rita Meyers professor in economics of education at the University of Virginia. "To find out what the actual price of college is going to ...Continue Article...
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Warning to Vendors
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