Case Studies & Interviews

• CIO Brenda Orth on Pennsylvania's Outsourcing Success Story
  Pennsylvania's IT consolidation and centralization saves state millions.
  
• Beth Noveck on the Future of Government Transparency
  Leader of President Obama's open-government initiative says performance measures are crucial.
  
• SaaS Saves Millions for North Carolina
  Software as a service saves North Carolina money by letting agencies test Web applications before they go live.
  
• HP CEO Mark Hurd: Technology Transformation Takes Commitment, Investment
  HP slashed servers and software applications. The experience holds lessons for California.
  
• Meet Bill Bryan, Missouri's New CIO
  "The Web is the future and it's here. We just need to catch up to it."
  
• Claire Bailey, Arkansas Chief Technology Officer, Discusses State's Wireless Information Network
  Arkansas CTO Claire Bailey gets agencies and local governments to communicate via 700/800 MHz system.
  
• Vivek Kundra: Engineering a Radical Transformation
  Vivek Kundra, chief technology officer of the District of Columbia, spoke with Digital Communities editor Blake Harris about his management approach, IT governance innovations, cost-cutting measures and the pace of innovation. Today, President Barack Obama named Kundra the "federal CIO."
  
• Ken Theis, Michigan CIO, Looks to Cross Boundaries
  State and local cooperation is crucial in economic downturn, Theis says.
  
• LAX CIO to Update Airport's IT Infrastructure
  Los Angeles World Airports CIO Dominc Nessi overseeing the laying of new fiber, new data center build.
  
• GovLoop Social Networking Site Connects Public Employees
  GovLoop helps government workers share ideas and explore opportunities.
  
• Utah Tops 2008 Digital States Survey
  State's four-day work week demonstrates e-government's growth.
  
• Ways to Win
  Government IT faces new challenges with the rapidly expanding mobile work force.
  
• Data Fusion Has Arrived
  GIS technology helps data fusion centers reach a new level of sophistication for greater public safety.
  
• Social Networking Site Targets a Government Audience
  Web 2.0 collaboration tool aims to help public employees share knowledge.
  
• Alaska Enterprise Technology Director Focuses on Metrics
  Anand Dubey says good information leads to good IT investment and management.
  
• CIO Dale Jablonsky Explains How California's EDD Will Use Web 2.0 and SaaS
  New technologies help California Employment Development Department take on new responsibilities.
  
• Virtual Earth: Seeing in a New Way
  Easy-to-use interactive maps give greater clarity and insight into public-sector data.
  
• Local CIO With Two Jobs
  CIOs with dual responsibilities may become common as government budgets and the pool of experienced public servants shrinks.
  
• Jory Wolf, CIO of Santa Monica, Describes Fiber Network, Other Projects
  California community was Digital Cities Survey winner for 2007.
  
• Vivek Kundra, CTO of Washington, D.C., Focuses on Project Management
  Kundra uses stock market model to determine viability of IT projects.