Public CIO August 2006

By Alison Lake

"IT success is program success," said Clay Johnson III, deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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The Best Resource Government Isn't Using: By Chad Vander Veen The 1990s were glorious years.
Projects Without Portfolio?: By John Erik Garr Faced with juggling scores of IT initiatives while operating under the scrutiny of multiple stakeholders, public-sector CIOs increasingly look to information technology portfolio management (ITPM) to demonstrate the value of IT.
Blind But No Longer Fragmented: By Alison Lake The prevailing attitude projected by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and increasingly adopted nationwide ...
EVM: Information Technology's New Safety Net: By Joel M. Koppelman and Quentin W. Fleming Agencies at all governmental levels are working to simultaneously modernize and consolidate IT systems, ...
Dialing for Progress: By Lawrence Knafo "A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy" -- James Madison

The Role of the CIO -- Enabler and Visionary: By Gregory Smith In his new book, Straight to the Top: Becoming a World-Class CIO, author Gregory Smith provides a course of action for would-be CIOs. In this excerpt from his book, Smith discusses the role of the CIO as enabler and visionary.

Five Years Later: By Paul W. Taylor The trouble with normal is that it always gets worse.

Clean Tech Capital
Chad Vander Veen reports on Sacramento's growing clean technology industry.

Power Aid, Texting 911 & Broadband
Battery running low? Power up on the go. Got an emergency? Now some residents can text for help. And survey reveals broadband barriers.

Belkin the Vampire Slayer
Belkin surge protector takes a bite out of vampire power.

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