Public CIO August 2009

Feature

IT Financial Management Can Help CIOs Align IT With Business Goals

By Bob Svec

Public-sector IT expense reports help users reduce costs and improve efficiency.

Government IT Organization Models Change With the Times

By Merrill Douglas

Are Private Clouds the Answer to Public-Sector Concerns?

By Hilton Collins

Some agencies opt for internal clouds over vendor-hosted cloud computing.

Wargaming: New Tool for CIOs to Handle Complex IT Challenges

By Mark Herman

Cyber-megacommunity war gaming helps strategic decision-making in the Internet age.

 

 

Philadelphia CIO Allan Frank Has Plans for a Digital City

By Tod Newcombe

Allan Frank wants to combine IT, broadband, social networking and more for citizens.

Security Adviser

Congress, White House Put Cyber-Security on Front Burner (Opinion)

By Mark Weatherford

New legislation reveals depths of apprehension for our critical infrastructure.

FastGov

Questions Arise on Broadband Stimulus Agenda (Opinion)

By Paul W. Taylor

Money cannot fill a public policy void.

CTO Strategies

CTO Strategies for Virtualization in Government IT (Opinion)

By Dan Lohrmann

Opportunities, challenges and recommendations for virtualizing IT in the public sector.

Straight Talk

Despite Wikis and Other Web 2.0 Tools, Government Collaboration Is Still Slow to Catch On

By Liza Lowery Massey

Public CIOs struggle to make government agency collaboration a reality.

CIO Central

Does Lem Stewart's Dismissal Mean the End of Major Public-Sector IT Outsourcing?

By Tod Newcombe, Editor

Virginia CIO's firing as part of with troubled Northrop Grumman deal could mean trouble for other state outsourcing projects.

Introduction

Federal CIO Drives Transparency With USAspending.gov

By Tod Newcombe, Editor

Vivek Kundra IT spending dashboard sets example for states.

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