Public CIO April 2009

Feature

Hosted E-mail: What Government Needs to Know

By Hilton Collins

Consumers love hosted e-mail, but governments aren't comfortable with applications they don't fully control.

Enterprise Information Technology Requires Customized Governance

By Theresa A. Pardo and Jana Hrdinová

Decentralized, centralized or hybrid/federated governance models should be adapted to each state.

Agile Development Speeds Government Software Development

By Merrill Douglas

Texas, Colorado agencies embrace the collaborative agile software development model.

Gopal Kapur: Six Secrets to Information Technology Project Management Success

By Gopal K. Kapur

Center for Project Management president reveals six steps to good project management.

Data Centers and Consolidation: A Special Report

By Tod Newcombe, Editor

Governments combine data centers to save money.

FastGov

Washington State's Financial Crisis Jump-Starts Reform (Opinion)

By Paul W. Taylor

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire's shared services directive aims to reduce government costs.

Straight Talk

Telework, Telemeetings Gain Popularity in Government (Opinion)

By Liza Lowery Massey

CIOs have adjustments to make as more employees work remotely.

Security Adviser

Melissa Hathaway Has Big Cyber-Security Agenda (Opinion)

By Mark Weatherford

Hathaway directing a review of federal cyber-security and may become national cyber-security officer.

CIO Central

Government Insights' 10 Predictions for Government in 2009, Federal CIO Transition Guide

By Tod Newcombe, Editor and Emma Newcombe

Maryland, Ohio, Missouri, Arizona get new CIOs.

CTO Strategies

Michigan's New Chief Technology Officer Gives Survival Tips

By Dan Lohrmann

Dan Lohrmann gives six tips on handling a new information technology job in government.

Introduction

Georgia Outsourcing Deal with IBM and AT&T Consolidates IT Operations

By Tod Newcombe, Editor

California chief information security officer Mark Weatherford writes on federal cyber-security.

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