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City of Atlanta Holds Tech Expo

Tremendous gains from cabinet-level CIO says Mayor Franklin

Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin kicked off the city's IT expo recently, saying that 15 years ago city government kept payroll records on cards in shoeboxes. Four years ago, as mayor, she proposed a CIO at the cabinet level, and Franklin said tremendous gains have resulted.

Abe Kani the city's CIO, said one of the primary goals of the city is to promote the use of IT, and the expo -- which Kani announced would be an annual event -- is to help expand the use of technology and its benefits in improving business processes. Click here to see a five-minute clip of the event on Atlanta's Video on Demand system.