The Digital States Performance Institute (DSPI)

Upcoming Webinar: The Making of the Nation's Digital States

Apr 7, 2009

Backend Modernization, Online Services, and Performance Oriented Results

Thursday, April 23 at 2:00pm EDT/11:00am PDT

Listen to archived version: click here.

The Center welcomes senior state executives from Utah, Michigan and Virginia to discuss the defining characteritics of a digital state - now and in the future as efficiency, transparency and performance become the watch words of governing in the age of economic revovery. Join a panel discussion on the state of the states in meeting today's needs and tomorrow's expectations with the people who helped set their states apart through innovation, perseverence and thinking differently. Hear about the practices that have changed the way the public's business gets done and what they have set their sights on next in the continuing campaign for government modernization.

The Panel:

• Dave Fletcher, State CTO, Utah
• Ken Theis, State CIO, Michigan
• Jerry Simonoff, Director of IT Investment and Enterprise Solutions, Commonwealth of Virginia
• Peggy Feldmann, Chief Applications Officer, Commonwealth of Virginia

The Moderator:

• Paul W. Taylor, Chief Strategy Officer, Center for Digital Government