To chronicle and formally recognize state government efforts to transition to self-service online government in service to the citizen, Cathilea Robinett and the Center for Digital Government (Center) conduct the Digital States Survey, the nation’s original and only continuous survey of state government use of IT.
Paul J. Cosgrave was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on June 14, 2006.
This white paper begins to answer the question of what to do about funding challenges ahead for government operations by looking at what works in the laboratories of the states.
Our public institutions are struggling to transition to a system of greater employee freedom, flexibility and
self-determination.
Lemuel C. Stewart, Jr., is Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The CIO is the leader of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) and serves as the senior executive for all aspects of information technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Eighteen of New York’s top technology innovators from state and local governments were recently selected by the Center for Digital Government, a division of e.Republic, to be the recipients of its esteemed Best of New York awards.
There may be no single, simple answer to the complex issue of climate change. Yet there are simple steps that the public sector IT community can take in responding to renewed concerns about environmental sustainability while institutionalizing greater efficiencies into its operations.
Adel Ebeid was appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the State of New Jersey by Govenor Corzine when he signed Executive Order #42 on November 2006. In his capacity as CTO, Mr. Ebeid oversees all technology operations throughout the executive branch and the day-to-day functions of the Office of Information Technology.
Jon Fullinwider was appointed as the first chief information officer with Los Angeles County in January 1997. With an annual county budget of $16 billion and a technology and telecommunications budget of more than $750 million, Mr. Fullinwider is responsible for the vision, direction, strategy and cost-effective application of all information in telecommunications-based technologies throughout the county.
J. Stephen Fletcher was appointed by Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., in April 2005 to serve as the state’s chief information officer and executive director of the Department of Technology Services. Under his service, the state has consolidated all IT services into one new department to reduce costs, increase services to taxpayers, and more closely align IT with the business needs of the State of Utah.
Center for Digital Government to honor public agencies and leaders for their outstanding technological innovations
This podcast examines how to overcome organizational and technical challenges in order to receive the very real benefits of moving an organization toward a unified, cheaper and more robust network infrastructure.
Collaboration across the criminal justice and public safety networks is essential given the heightened state of security worldwide. Agencies need to share criminal histories and other vital personal and background information across departments, as well as streamline the court’s management processes across secure networks.
J. Stephen Fletcher was appointed by Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., in April 2005 to serve as the state’s chief information officer and executive director of the Department of Technology Services.
The courts are changing the rules and definitions regarding storage and retention of electronic information.
American cities that excel in the digital arena are being recognized by the Center for Digital Government as found from the 2007 Digital Cities Survey.
Gordon Bruce is the Director of the Department of Information Technology and CIO for the City and County of Honolulu, the 13th largest City in the United States.
The Center for Digital Government will be honoring selected public agencies and leaders for their outstanding information technology (IT) innovations and contributions at the 2007 Best of Texas awards. The ceremony will be held in Austin on Oct. 23.
“It’s got good bones but the years have caught up with it. There’s a lot to work with here, so let’s get started.” Such is the commentary that begins each episode of the popular long-running public television series “This Old House.”
In order to do the public’s business and trustworthy transactions of all shapes and sizes, governments need to know the answer to a central question: “Who are you?”
After months of careful consideration and analysis, a panel of national judges have determined the winners of the 2007 Best of Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards.
The Center for Digital Government (Center) is proud to announce the presentation of their first annual Sustained Leadership Award to David I. Moskovitz.
The Center for Digital Government (Center) is proud to announce the winners of their Inaugural Best Fit Integrator Awards 2007.
Dilbert is dead. The age of civil servants in fabric-covered cubicles is over. It is over because the public expects services to be delivered where and when they want them, anywhere at any time.
Throughout history governments have kept official records by placing ink on paper but today they are faced with an increasingly electronic environment that is rapidly changing.
In order to respond more quickly to ever-changing business needs, share information more efficiently and securely, deliver services to citizens more effectively and strengthen intergovernmental interoperability, governments need to redefine their architecture strategies and build an enterprise architecture that refashions applications as services.
The Center for Digital Government is pleased to announce our call for entries to the 2007 Best of Texas Awards.
The Center is proud to announce the release of its most recent strategy guide Meet Up and Mash-Up: New Models of Collaboration Rooted in Old School American Values.
Having celebrated the first 40 years of open government and open records in 2007, it is appropriate to commemorate the ending of the paper era and the turning of a page — or, more appropriately, the elimination of the paper artifact as the record of record.
The Center for Digital Government has announced the winners of 2007's Digital Counties Survey. Learn more about America’s Top Digital Counties and their exceptional use of Technology.
Join the Center for our next government focussed Executive Teleconference featuring Minnesota CIO, Gopal Khanna.
The Center for Digital Government and Government Technology magazine have issued a call for entries for their 11th annual Best of the Web contest and Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA).
Internet users are increasingly moving to wireless connectivity and private industry is moving quickly to respond to this trend. The Center for Digital Government addresses these issues in its most recent white paper Living in a Wireless World, underwritten by Nortel.
The National Association of Counties (NACo), the Center for Digital Government and Government Technology magazine are launching the nation’s fifth annual Digital Counties Survey.
Center Executive Director Cathilea Robinett delivered Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine an award for Virginia's placement in this year's Digital States Survey.
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt appointed Dan to the position of Missouri's Chief Information Officer beginning on Jan. 10, 2005
Join us for our upcoming executive teleconference with Maryland CIO, Ellis Kitchen.
Join the us for our upcoming teleconference with Mark Rutledge, CIO Kentucky. The call will be held on March 21st at 11am PST.
A new white paper from the Center for Digital Government looks at the next big thing in information communications: the convergence and interoperability of discrete networks and networking technologies.
Public CIO magazine has bridged the information gap when it comes to understanding intergovernmental CIO’s with the release of its pioneering examination of the public-sector C-level community in its February issue.
Join the us for our upcoming teleconference with Lem Stewart, CIO Virginia. The call will be held on March 1st at 11am PST.
The Center for Digital Government in partnership with the Council of State Governments is proud to release their most recent strategy paper, Simple.gov. Download the paper now.
This white paper is all about the “e” — where it has been, where it is now, and where it is going. Even as the prefix “e” is falling away in the language used to talk about government modernization, the underlying technologies and practices introduced with e-government a decade ago are now deeply embedded in the way the public’s business gets done.
The Center for Digital Government is pleased to announce the release of a new white paper, Governing Faster, Smarter. This white paper looks at how forward-thinking governments are using the data, systems and tools available now to govern smarter, collaborate across organizational boundaries, and deliver public services at top speed.
The Center for Digital Governments newest white paper examines and discusses the role of identity and access management in government.
Please join us for our upcoming Executive Teleconference with Tom Jarret, CIO Delaware.
Paul Taylor, Chief Strategy Officer with the Center for Digital Government was interviewed to discuss how benefit delivery is being improved and made more efficient in states across the country.
CNET.com featured news of the Digital Cities Survey winners.
Orange County Florida stands proudly with executive director, Cathilea Robinett at the Digital County Awards.
High Tech meets High Touch at this years Best of California. Public agencies and leaders will be honored for their outstanding technological innovations by the Center for Digital Government.
Join us on November 9, 2006 for a special teleconference with Cathy Maras O’Leary, CIO, Cook County, IL. Center members may attend free of charge as a benefit of membership. Register now!
Texas’ most technologically innovative public agencies and leaders honored for outstanding use of technology.
The experts at the Center for Digital Government have examined enormous amounts of data to determine America's most digital states. The data was is the product of the 2006 Digital States Survey, the results of which are presented today.
A new strategy paper, After the Asterisk*, helps to create a more complete illumination of the factors that must be considered when governments look to invest in new networks. Download it now.
Building the Untethered Nation II: Understanding the Vital Role of Local Governments in Wireless Broadband Implementations is the second paper in a series about the benefits and possibilities of community wireless Internet access.
Collection of data for the upcoming Digital Cities survey will start soon as the Center for Digital Government announces its call for entries.
The Center has published and released it's findings regarding the 2005 Digital Counties Summary. The downloadable report can be found at the Center's Website.
The results are in for the Center for Digital Governments 2006 Best of Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards.
Terry Savage, Director of the Nevada Department of Information Technology, and Chief Information Officer for the State of Nevada, will be the guest speaker at the Center for Digital Government's executive teleconference on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 11:00am pacific / 2:00pm eastern.
Now you can get all issues of Converge as a PDF
Tom Wade GTA Executive Director and State Chief Information Officer will be the guest speaker at the Center for Digital Government's executive teleconference on Thursday, August 24th at 11:00am pacific / 2:00pm eastern.
Bill Willis, North Carolina's Deputy State Chief Information Officer was the guest speaker at the Center for Digital Government's executive teleconference on Thursday, August 10th.
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the benefits, challenges, and key success factors related to the implementation of a broad range of enterprise technologies in the public sector.
New Strategy Paper from the Center examines the Implications of Credit-based Automobile Insurance Scoring on State Governments
In April, all counties in the United States were invited to participate in the 2006 Digital Counties Survey. County officials responded to questions that included more than 100 measurements and data points about online service delivery, infrastructure, architecture and governance models.
Learn more about the winners
Sixteen of New York's most innovative, tech-savvy state and local government leaders and agencies have been selected by the Center for Digital Government...
Paper discusses tax modernization, including how and why to implement electronic filing and integrated data systems....
Rafael Diaz was the guest speaker at the Center for Digital Government's executive teleconference on Wednesday, July 26th.
The National Association of Counties (NACo), the Center for Digital Government (Center) and Government Technology magazine are launching the nation's fouth annual Digital Counties Survey.
Deadline for entries is June 1, 2006
"...how government can use community-wide wireless technology to aid people in peril and the nation's first responders"
...help your agency think differently about working outside the box and outside office walls
"...securing the homeland from the bottom up"
New Thought Leadership Paper Offers Government Funding Options to Harvest Savings, Efficiencies and New Opportunities...
Doug Elkins, Arkansas ECIO, was the guest speaker at the Center for Digital Government's executive teleconference on Thursday, March 9.
GFOA publishes "Technologies for Government Transformation:
"SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE: Making Collaborative Government Work. A natural synergy for service-oriented governments committed to doing the public's business."
This strategy paper by the Center for Digital Government, underwritten by BEA, examines how a Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) can help government become more service-oriented toward its citizens. The paper also lists useful action steps to move government toward SOA.
To download a free copy of this paper, click
here.
A new strategy paper, produced by the Center for Digital Government and underwritten by Microsoft, advises government administrators and decision-makers how to build trust in government data security and infrastructure.
