IT Management & Governance

• Five Challenges to Smarter Stimulus Spending
  Analytic tools can help public CIOs spend stimulus funds expediently while providing the necessary transparency.
  
• Feds Consolidate Last Two Broadband Stimulus Funding Windows into One
  The NTIA and RUS consolidate the remaining two broadband stimulus funding windows to one and seek procedural feedback.
  
• Federal Agencies Struggle to Control IT Costs
  Earned value management policies are applied inconsistently, according to U.S. Government Accountability Office.
  
• Avoid the Five Common Dangers of IT Risk Management
  Important issues include business continuity planning and protecting infrastructure.
  
• Chicago Academy of Advanced Technology Opens
  Chicago IT school trains future work force, concentrating on science and engineering.
  
• Oakland County, Mich., Saves Money with Employee Cost-Reduction Blog
  CIO Phil Bertolini discusses Michigan county's budget savings.
  
• Federal CTO: Smart Grid, E-Health Records and Broadband Need CIO Input
  Aneesh Chopra says state CIOs should play key role in president's innovation agenda.
  
• Five Tips for Outsourcing or Sharing IT Resources
  Pennsylvania and Minneapolis are among successful shared services and outsourcing models.
  
• CIOs and Performance Management: Know Your Metrics Before Cutting Costs
  Objective IT performance benchmarks will less likely damage a valued service when it comes time to cut.
  
• Houston Exploring Consolidation and Outsourcing Options
  Houston's IT consulting firm indicates likely interest in consolidation and outsourcing from the city.
  
• Can Sustainability Software Cut Carbon Emissions?
  Léo Apotheker, CEO of SAP, says company will produce a sustainability software suite for use by U.S. business and government.
  
• Indiana Cancels Huge Outsourced Welfare Modernization Plan
  Governor calls $1.6 billion plan flawed; IBM says modernization was working.
  
• Utah Creates Social Media Guidelines for Employees Who Blog, Tweet, Etc.
  New guidelines spell out what's appropriate for user-generated content from government.
  
• Study: IT Improving Citizen Engagement and Accountability, but Analysis Lacking
  New Accenture report sees progress in how government uses technology to improve service, but there's much room to improve alternative delivery methods.
  
• NYC Mayor Bloomberg Announces Several IT Projects
  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces his Connected City Initiative that involves several IT projects, mostly related to online services.
  
• Recommendations to New York State on IT Governance
  Five recommendations for enterprise IT investment.
  
• SaaS Aids IT Project Management in Washington
  Tacoma, Wash., uses software as a service to rank the priority of IT projects.
  
• Gov 2.0 Summit: GIS the Big Winner in Push for Open Government (analysis)
  Geospatial applications and services dominate at Gov 2.0 Summit.
  
• Gov 2.0 Summit: Federal CIOs Kundra and Coleman Address IT Transformation
  Vivek Kundra and Casey Coleman will lead federal data transparency and cloud computing initiatives.
  
• Public CIOs Struggle to Manage Mobility Demands
  Smartphones and laptops increase management issues for public-sector CIOs.