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DSPI Webinars

Sep 24, 2009

The Digital States Performance Institute (DSPI) hosts an occassional series of webinars on key topics of siginificant relevance and importance to the area of the digital state. Below is a list of archived webinars and links to view them.

To find current or future webinars, please visit the DSPI homepage at http://www.centerdigitalgov.com/dspi.

A Mulligan for Performance Measures and Management: States of Transition

The Center for Digital Government welcomes senior state executives from Arkansas, Missouri and Oregon to discuss the state of performance and measurement in their states. As methodologies mature, existing measures have been held up to increased scrutiny -- some have past muster and others have been found wanting. A number of states and localities find themselves regrouping and taking a fresh look at integrating performance, accountability, and transparency into state IT programs, service delivery channels and internal operations.

Click the following link to listen to the discussion about what the catalyst for change from previous practices was in each state and what the future holds in terms of bringing these disciplines to bear on doing the public's business in an era of transparency. Learn from peers about what makes a good and useful measure and how to identify it when you have one.

        Link: A Mulligan for Performance Measures and Management: States of Transition

Have Your Say: State and Local Government and the New National Broadband Plan

The Digital States Performance Institute (DSPI) and the Digital Communities program jointly presented a special webinar for and about state and local government and the New National Broadband Plan on Tuesday, September 22nd. Hear from Eugene J. Huang, Director of Government Operations with the FCC's National Broadband Task Force, at a crucial moment in the process of gathering perspectives on how to get broadband strategy right -- the task force will have only 148 days left to prepare the report as of the date of the webinar.  It is also an opportunity for the Task Force to hear from you on the local and state government issues and concerns in the planning and deployment of this vital public infrastructure.

        Link: Have Your Say: State and Local Government and the New National Broadband Plan

The Making of the Nation's Digital States: Backend Modernization, Online Services, and Performance Oriented Results

On Thursday, April 23rd, the Center welcomed senior state executives from Utah, Michigan and Virginia to discuss the defining characteristics 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 recovery. Click the link below for the archived Webinar with the people who helped set their states apart through innovation, perseverance 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.