Part 1: Local governments bend but don’t break under coronavirus
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by John Thomas Flynn
3y ago
Alan Shark is amazed at the difference a few months can make. Before the coronavirus turned the world upside down, in January his organization, the Public Technology Institute (PTI) and the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) coordinated on a webinar on the 2020 technology forecast for state and local officials. Given what has transpired over the ensuing months, those prognostications are being reconstituted due to the virus’ impact on state and local government IT priorities and spending. Shark, the long-time PTI executive director, gave a fairly positive forecast in January for the ..read more
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Coronavirus impact and state CIOs’ finest hour
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by John Thomas Flynn
3y ago
Editor’s note: This interview was recorded prior to the NASCIO Midyear 2020 Webcast Series events. Our friend, Doug Robinson, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) executive director for the last 16 years, spoke with us last week about his organization, the effect of the pandemic on its membership, and most importantly, plans to substitute a virtual meeting for this spring’s conference entitled the NASCIO Midyear 2020 Webcast Series. This week should have capped off NASCIO’s 50th anniversary year with its Midyear Conference taking place just outside of Washingt ..read more
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DC trade association assesses state governments’ cybersecurity readiness
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by John Thomas Flynn
3y ago
Internet Association (IA) reported that state governments across the country have a solid cybersecurity foundation and are making strides in improving IT modernization efforts. IA, a trade and professional association based in Washington, D.C., boasting dozens of technology company members from Amazon to ZipRecruiter released its State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Information Technology Advancing Reform Achievements (SITARA) map Tuesday, a state-by-state analysis of preparedness for the cybersecurity and civic tech challenges across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territorie ..read more
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DC trade association assesses state governments’ cybersecurity readiness
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by John Thomas Flynn
3y ago
Internet Association (IA) reported that state governments across the country have a solid cybersecurity foundation and are making strides in improving IT modernization efforts. IA, a trade and professional association based in Washington, D.C., boasting dozens of technology company members from Amazon to ZipRecruiter released its State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Information Technology Advancing Reform Achievements (SITARA) map Tuesday, a state-by-state analysis of preparedness for the cybersecurity and civic tech challenges across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territorie ..read more
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NASCIO executive director reflects on election impact, spring 2020 conference
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by John Thomas Flynn
3y ago
While the 2020 election appears to have potentially impacted far fewer state CIOs than in past years, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ (NASCIO) state CIO membership continues its “churn” as executive director Doug Robinson calls it in our interview this week on Federal News Radio, part of Federal News Network. “We have two states, Montana and Utah, that will both have new governors, as the incumbents were term limited. And we will certainly have a new CIO in Montana, because current CIO Tim Bottenfield has already announced his retirement at the end of the calenda ..read more
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NASCIO executive director reflects on election impact, spring 2020 conference
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by John Thomas Flynn
3y ago
While the 2020 election appears to have potentially impacted far fewer state CIOs than in past years, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ (NASCIO) state CIO membership continues its “churn” as executive director Doug Robinson calls it in our interview this week on Federal News Radio, part of Federal News Network. “We have two states, Montana and Utah, that will both have new governors, as the incumbents were term limited. And we will certainly have a new CIO in Montana, because current CIO Tim Bottenfield has already announced his retirement at the end of the calenda ..read more
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New Hampshire CIO may serve another year as NASCIO president
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by John Thomas Flynn
3y ago
To put it mildly, 2020 has indeed been a year of disruption at so many levels, and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) is not immune. Unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, New Hampshire CIO Denis Goulet took over the reins as president, following outgoing President Eric Boyette, who was CIO of North Carolina until his governor appointed him transportation secretary back in February. Consequently, Goulet began his NASCIO term just as the pandemic was about to metastasize around the globe. I asked Goulet about the effect on the Granite State. “First of a ..read more
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New Hampshire CIO may serve another year as NASCIO president
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by John Thomas Flynn
3y ago
To put it mildly, 2020 has indeed been a year of disruption at so many levels, and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) is not immune. Unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, New Hampshire CIO Denis Goulet took over the reins as president, following outgoing President Eric Boyette, who was CIO of North Carolina until his governor appointed him transportation secretary back in February. Consequently, Goulet began his NASCIO term just as the pandemic was about to metastasize around the globe. I asked Goulet about the effect on the Granite State. “First of a ..read more
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New Hampshire CIO may serve another year as NASCIO president
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by John Thomas Flynn
3y ago
To put it mildly, 2020 has indeed been a year of disruption at so many levels, and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) is not immune. Unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, New Hampshire CIO Denis Goulet took over the reins as president, following outgoing President Eric Boyette, who was CIO of North Carolina until his governor appointed him transportation secretary back in February. Consequently, Goulet began his NASCIO term just as the pandemic was about to metastasize around the globe. I asked Goulet about the effect on the Granite State. “First of a ..read more
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South Dakota CIO discusses continuing COVID impact, silver lining
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by John Thomas Flynn
3y ago
South Dakota CIO Jeff Clines began his job in Pierre this past April, right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak — and even in to the new fiscal year, COVID response is front and center. Speaking with him recently we learned that even with the start of the new fiscal on July 1st, usually the opportunity to kick-off new IT initiatives, the Mount Rushmore State IT operations like in most others continue to be concentrated around the COVID impact. “Things right now are very much focused on the COVID response. So there’s obviously the initial response where you’ve got websites to stand ..read more
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